Quotes That Motivate

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:05:00 +0000

"It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
American aviatrix, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.

Holocaust Museum

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:11:00 +0000

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.

Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC

German Proverb

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:27:00 +0000

You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

German Proverb

Ann Landers

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:59:00 +0000

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer A.K.A Ann Landers
Famous "Ann Landers" Advice Columnist

Thomas S. Monson

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:39:00 +0000

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

Thomas S. Monson
holds two of the most senior positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:04:00 +0000

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement

Lao Tzu

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:28:00 +0000

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Lao Tzu
Father of Taosim

Oliver Wendell Holmes

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:39:00 +0000

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Oliver Wendell Holmes
Poet and Writer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:38:00 +0000

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Former President of the United States

Vince Lombardi

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:11:00 +0000

The only place success comes before work is the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi
US football coach (1913 - 1970)

Vince Lombardi

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:09:00 +0000

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit

Vince Lombardi
US football coach (1913 - 1970)

Steven Prefontaine

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:57:00 +0000

Alot of people run a race to see who's fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.

Steven Prefontaine

Legendary Runner

Arthur Pine

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:40:00 +0000

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.
Arthur Pine

Arthur Pine

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:38:00 +0000

Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.
Arthur Pine

Lee Iacocca

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:36:00 +0000

You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.
Lee Iacocca
Former CEO of Chrysler

Vince Lombardi

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:34:00 +0000

I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi
US football coach (1913 - 1970)

Dr. George Sheehan

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:31:00 +0000

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.
Dr. George Sheehan
Writer and Philosopher

Thomas Jefferson

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:30:00 +0000

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Thomas Jefferson
Fore-father of the United States, Framer of The Constitution

Thomas Jefferson

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:30:00 +0000

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have.
Thomas Jefferson
Fore-father of the United States, Framer of the Constitution

Paul Tergat

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:29:00 +0000

Ask yourself “Can I give more?”, the answer is usually “Yes”
Paul Tergat
Legendary Kenyan Distance Runner

Moliere

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:28:00 +0000

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it
Moliere
French Playwright

Lou Holtz

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:28:00 +0000

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
Author, Motivational speaker, former NCAA football coach

Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:27:00 +0000

With Ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton
British Abolitionist

Chinese Proverb

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:26:00 +0000

Strategy without action is as dangerous as action without strategy

Chinese Proverb / Author unknown

Vince Lombardi

noreply@blogger.com (Joe Norton) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:25:00 +0000

It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.

Vince Lombardi

US football coach (1913 - 1970)