Motivational and Inspirational Quotes

Struts2spring: Motivational and Inspirational Quotes

Motivational and Inspirational Quotes

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Motivational and Inspirational Quotes Welcome to my collection of inspirational and motivational quotations. Reading and collecting books of quotations is one of my hobbies. Whenever I'm feeling down or have a looming personal problem, I turn to my books for some inspiration and words of wisdom.

Dedicated to my friends and family.

Author: struts2spring


"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."

"There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it."

"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation."

"When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate."

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"Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

"You have achieved success if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much."

"The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

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of hanging on after others have let go."

"This one step - choosing a goal and staying to it - changes everything."

"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you."

Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.

"Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. It is no more or less than faith in action."

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Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

"The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

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"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."

"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."

"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."

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"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

"What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do"

"Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

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"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."

"It's time to start living the life you've imagined"

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"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed."

"All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare."

"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so."

"The belief in a thing makes it happen."

"Strength does not come from winning Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

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"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were."

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

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They vary in their desires to reach their potential."

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

"Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew..."

"Success doesn't come to you, you go to it."

"What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.

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"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions"

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters.

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

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"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

"Never give up, never, never give up."

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence...Persistence and Page 14 of 22


determination alone are omnipotent."

“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”

"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."

"If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

"Fortune sides with him who dares.".

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"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus."

"You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts."

"You have achieved success if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much."

"Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger."

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"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe."


"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become."

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next, delicious ambiguity.

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"A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and vision-less … someone's got to make a wake up call."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

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"I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step."

"Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order so you can have anything you want."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

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"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

"If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.


"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

Go slowly to the entertainments of thy friends, but quickly to their misfortunes.

"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail."

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That's what makes you a winner."

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About the author: The author is a software professional, India. Most of the time he enjoying with new technology, likes innovative and adventures work. Designing web application, database modeling and writing technical design. At the time of writing this book author was working web-services.

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