Give Me One Motivational Quote That Changed Your Life

I posted this request – Give Me One Motivational Quote That Changed Your Life -  in the Motivation Nation Group found in the social network of Linkedin. The response has been overwhelming and continues to grow with every passing week…

So here are just some of the contributions that have been made in response to that request.

Maybe you have a quote that you would also like to share with us.

In addition to the quotes some of the contributors – whose names appear at the front of each of the quotes – have added some of their own personal insights into the quotes.

I trust that the wisdom shared by these ones, whose lives were changed by a motivational quote, will add great value to your life.

Wendy Clarricoats • If it’s to be… it’s up to me!!!!

Timothy E. Smith, ALCM • “Life’s not about waiting for the storms to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene

Cedric Scheepers • Stephen R Covey said this in his book “The 7 Habits of Highly effective People”, but I will most probably not get this right 100%. But it went something like: “What do you want people to say at your funeral? Start being that person today!”

Liliana V. • Why is everyone in the workplace so negative? It is a dog eat do world. Where are the positive people, people that find a solution rather than be the problem.

Donna Slaton • Workshop trainer just after I got out of college told us that whatever we say or do affects 25 people a day and they affect 25 more. The power of a smile and/or the power of a negative word multiplied that way made me want to be a positive ripple in the pond of life.

The Maurice James Empowerment Group • The you that you see is the you that you’ll be.

The Maurice James Empowerment Group • If you can look up you can get up.

Hugh Curley, Emotional Intelligence Speaker • Attributed to Thomas Edison: I have not had x failures in developing the light bulb, I have found x ways not to build it. – I have heard this with many different numbers so I just put in “x”. I like this quote because I usually gave up after about 3 or 4 failures. If Edison can have thousands, many I should give what I am doing more effort.

Lenita Womack • A passage from the Bible and it was also one of Zig Ziglar’s favorite – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”

Robert McWaters jr. • Set Peace of Mind as your highest goal and organize your life around it.~ Brian Tracy

Debbie Allen • What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? This quote makes me brave to take continuous out of the box action all the time Debbie Allen

Beth Jones • Ram Dass “Be love now” Simple and easy, just radiate love and you will attract everything that matters.

Robert Turner • Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. – Dr. Wayne Dyer.

Peter Wheaton • You can fool the whole world when you travel through life and get pats on your back as you pass, but your final reward will be heart ache and tears if you have cheated the man in the glass.

Timothy E. Smith, ALCM • Not really a motivational quote, but one I heard recently that was a shock to me to hear. My wife’s family was together and she has 4 sisters. Her mother was going on and on about something that was irritating to her and one of the sisters barked at her mother with this… “Mother, could you PLEASE get off the cross…we could use the wood.” I would not be alive today if I said that to my mother…
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Vijay Batra • You Are Today Where Your Thoughts Have Brought You; You Will Be Tomorrow Where Your Thoughts Take You.

Yvette Maiello • I can’t remember where I heard it or from whom: “there are hundreds of ways to do something wrong, but with every attempt you get closer to the finding right way”

Kathy Larson, • “Character is what develops in the dark” or for those struggling in business/personally, “Out of adversity always comes opportunity” if you take the time to choose positivity in times of tribulation.

Clayton Iverson • “You are what your actions say you are”

Alexander Mozgovenko, ing, Electronic Engineer • “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it.” – C. Winters

Larry Stead • If all things are possible then what is not?

Jerry Dollar • I have to go back some 300 years for my favorite quote. It is an extract from John Donne’s Meditation XVII: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were: any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.

Clayton Iverson • This might be more leadership but I find it motivational when I have to lead “What you accept today, expect tomorrow.”

Bob Paff • “Whatever you are, be a good one”  – Abraham Lincoln

Rita Schwarcz • There is no rainbow without rain!

Alexander Mozgovenko, ing, Electronic Engineer • The problem that most of us faces is not about aiming high and missing it, but rather aiming low and reaching it. – Michelangelo

Caroline Munro • “Nothing Great is Easy”  – Captain Matthew Webb the first person to swim the English Channel

Lynda Haines Schommer • “We’re all different, & that’s a beautiful thing.” & “It’s not the number of words it a story that matter; it’s the meaning behind the words that counts.”

Ashish Upadhayaya • This quote is by Abraham Lincoln. Quite inspirational for me. “I am slow walker, but I never walk backwards.”

Chris Byrd • I quoted this to a young man who was a cross-roads in his life – What would you do today if you weren’t afraid? It changed his direction and ultimately his life.

Tory Wei • The best way to predict your future is to create it!

Darla Dolph • Instead of asking “How long is it* going to take? Ask “How do I have to feel?” because How you feel creates the deal!”–courtesy of Andy Dooley, Law of Attraction Specialist  -”it” is whatever you are seeking: lose weight, find a new job or relationship, earn more money, etc. I have this reminder on my visualization board right in front of my computer, so whenever I feel a low moment, I look up and see that I CAN change the way I feel…I CAN be more positive!

Jane Chow • It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to – Annie Gottlier

Sharon Crump • Change yourself and fortune will change with you.

Jason Rundlett • I have two: On the playing field of life, leave no regrets!” “The past does not equal the future!”

Clayton Iverson • The person that controls your emotions controls your life. It is your life stay in control.

Michelle Colon-Johnson • “The two most important days of your life is the day you were born and the day you realized why”

Kelly Barker • I choose to be happy.

Karla Reiss • When your values are clear your decisions are easy – Walt Disney

Bob Paff • “If you’re not failing you’re not succeeding”  – Bob Paff

Bob Paff • There is Great Opportunity in Pain

Leisha Moodley • I have quite a few, but my favourite at the moment is, ‘Whatever it is you think you are, whatever it is you think you are not – YOU are right!’ Reminds me that what I think becomes my life.

Rachelle Smith • “As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, you may as well think big!”  – Donald Trump

Duane Richard • Get up,Get Out and Do Something!!!! -OUTKAST

Karen Stone, CCIM, MSW, LCC • From the space of not knowing…all things are possible. (said by me!!)

Scott Wyma • Gentlemen, there are three things in life God, family and the Green Bay Packers – Vince Lombardi.Lombardi attended mass every morning. It is funny how the most successful coach in football put football third. Think about it there are lessons here.

Ugur Yurttas • Imagination is more important than knowledge – Albert Einstein

Sundeep Kodkani • I like the short and sweet:” When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” – Think about it. I tended to look at the negatives first in any idea, situation or person and tended to concentrate on why the situation will cause me problems, the limitations of any person or why any event that presented itself is going to cause issues/grief. The moment I changes the negatives and concentrated on the positives, my attitude changed and magically so did the people, events and idea. I became more optimistic and things changed dramatically.

Eric Gilboord • Stop standing in the way of your own success.  -A2E

Prof P.K.Keshap • Attitude is everything. Positive creates opportunity, negative destroys opportunities. This is in addition to my earlier comment.

Egle Triponyte • “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” – Eleanor Roosevelt

E. Shel Yetman • My Original Quote and core belief is “What You Believe Is What It Is” -ESYetman

Carl Garwood • As for me, I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fall and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for for a dole. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will not cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid to think and act for myself. To enjoy the benefit of my creation and to face the world boldly and say, “This I have done.” from TAGR

Martin J Aus (LION) • Bite off More than you can Chew and Chew it

Kim Azille • “Don’t be so resistant to change that you miss opportunities around you. A big part of being successful involves CHANGE.” – K.Azille

Clayton Iverson • There is A or there is B – however there is no letter in-between.

Andy Dix • The only two things in life within your control are your attitude and your behavior.

David Equality Waters • You cannot live on hope alone, but without it life is not worth living – Harvey Bernard Milk

Shari Greer • “The key to success, is all in how you handle plan B.”

Charlie Pankey • Og Mandino’s third parable. I will Persist, I will succeed. Like the ant that eats the elephant or the rain that washes away a mountain, if i persist I will succeed.

Jenifer Jurden • “Humor is motivating, I don’t care who you are”.

Lori Bauerlein • Leap and the net will appear.

Randy Zeitman • “What do you want people to say at your funeral?” Who cares… aren’t you more concerned what they say now?

Jim Bouchard • “Perfection is not a destination- it’s a never-ending process…Enjoy!”

Dallas Johnson • “The only difference between a rut and grave is the length of stay.” – Dallas M. Johnson

Harry Che • It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.  – Eleanor Roosevelt