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Motivation Quotes - Page 16

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

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

Quoted in Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866)

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

"Blessed are the Persecuted". Sermon by Pastor Jason Lim, gospellight.sg. July 09, 2017.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

"Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living" edited by John Little, (p. 121), 2000.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Oscar Wilde (2014). “Epigrams and Aphorisms”, p.14, BoD – Books on Demand

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

"Fictional character: Eric Liddell". "Chariots of Fire", www.imdb.com. 1981.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

John C. Maxwell (2011). “Beyond Talent: Become Someone Who Gets Extraordinary Results”, p.120, Thomas Nelson Inc

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.