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11 More Motivational Quotes for 2011

In my last article we looked at eleven motivational quotes and we discussed how 25 percent of people abandon their New Year’s resolutions after one week, and 60 percent of people abandon their New Year’s resolution within six months.

Today I want to look at 11 more motivational quotes.  Why?  Because motivation is something you need daily.

I like what Zig Ziglar said about motivation, he said, “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”

11 More Motivational Quotes for 2011:

“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”

–Seneca

“The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.”

–Horace Bushnell

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

–Vince Lombardi

“In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.”

–Author Unknown

“Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.”

–David Ogilvy

“There is only one success–to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

–Christopher Morley

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

–Lanston Hughes

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.”

–Henry Ward Beecher

“The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business–or almost anywhere else for that matter.”

Lee Iacocca

“Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats.”

–A. Branson Alcott

“Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.”

–Dennis Waitley

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  • Nick

    ouch. formatting in this article made it especially difficult to read. Was there a sale on bold fonts? Lack of additional paragraph breaks at the layout store?

  • http://upgrade-complete.com Sean

    Great quotes! Thanks!

    I loved “The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.”

    So true! :)

  • http://www.frugalbeautiful.com Ruby

    “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” I love that quote from Zig Ziglar! Thanks for the great posts- I find I never get tired of little boosts like that, and I agree, it’s got to be a regular thing. You don’t get in shape from going to the gym once a month, nor have healthy gums by flossing once a year. Why would motivation be any different? If you have a goal you have to put the right habits behind it!

    I find the more and more I read your blog, write my own articles etc. the more I’m becoming the person I want to be- and the more people on my Facebook I’ve known for years don’t “get it!” I also find the more and more I do what I love, the more the less poignant stuff becomes more and more unbearable to do. I think that this might be a good thing- thanks for the inspiration today!

  • Noor

    wish I could RSS the site

  • http://Mazzastick.com Justin

    It’s great to be reminded that difficulties can lead to a “higher inspiration”.

  • http://www.ascendingdream.com John

    Nice quotes. I especially like the first one by Seneca – it makes me think twice/deeper about where I see myself going. Always a good thing!

  • http://www.craigharper.com.au/ Craig Harper

    Great quotes. One of my favourites:

    “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
    — Anaïs Nin

  • http://www.pickthebrain.com Editor, Pick The Brain

    @Ruby – your comment made my day! keep it up!

  • http://bilal-kamoon.blogspot.com/ Bilal Kamoon

    Great as always :D

  • Edith

    It’s encouraging to always have something to put one on the right track.

  • http://gscurl.com/236 JimmySuccess

    “The boxer doesn’t lose the boxing match by getting knock
    down, he loses by not getting back up” (UNK to me, sorry…)