Best (motivational) quotes you know

[Lolapo]

Looking for some good stuff that will keep me focused on my goals and improving myself, want to hang them around on my laptop, bedroomdoor.

I need to run into them every day.

 

[PeasantPlayer]

They have motivational videos on youtube, or if you have facebook look up the page spartan hearts, bunch of quotes and videos

 

[Bible_Belt]

I remember in the 90s when the "succesory" posters were everywhere. I kept getting conned into going to network marketing meetings, and every meeting room was decorated with them. And that's why I like the parodies of them that came out a few years later:

http://www.despair.com/demotivators.html

 

[Between_The_Lines]

One that has helped me through many a hard times is: "What does not kill me, makes my moustache grow longer". Also, check out a page called "unspirational" on Instagram if you're on there.

 

[Dgwizdal]

Winners are simply willing to do what losers won't

 

[ImTheDoubleGreatest!]

"I hated every minute of training. But I said 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'" - Muhammad Ali.

"I am the greatest!" - Muhammad Ali.

"I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest!" - Muhammad Ali.

"I am gonna show you how great I am." - Muhammad Ali.

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." - Muhammad Ali.

"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are." - Muhammad Ali.

(This one is for you guys) "My toughest fight was with my first wife." - Muhammad Ali.

"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want." - Muhammad Ali.

"I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was." - Muhammad Ali.

"All my life, I was told that I am not sh!t, that I'm ugly, not athletic, and that there is nothing special about me except all the bad traits in a person. Well to all you motherfvckers, look who's the big man now? Smarter, stronger, more socially apt, and better than ALL of you! NO one could have done what I have done in my life. NO ONE! So yeah, go ahead. Call me scrawny, ugly, weak, wussy, say that you can snap me like a twig with one finger one more time! It'll only make me stronger as I prove ALL of you wrong a THOUSAND times over! :box: :box: :box: " - Me.

"Look dude, you do what you gotta do. And deep down inside, you know EXACTLY what it is that you gotta do. The choice is yours if you want to follow through. But if you don't, hey man, that's on you." - Me.

I just realized something, the above [sort of] rhymes.

 

[Meisterman]

If you need motivation, just watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEm5E6yFUG0

 

[TheMonkeyKing]

Restless soul enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad it's the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something don't you do it too

Not for you, Pearl Jam

 

[Epimanes]

Here are my current favorite quotes.. They keep me inspired and help me with being outcome independant.


"Doing what you have always done, gets you what you've always gotten."


"You can't have a positive outcome with negative energy. So do what gives you positive energy first, then find your positive outcome."

"The inability to delay gratification leads to the biggest downfalls"

"The greatest and fastest gains in relationships happen when people just stop doing things that are negative. You don't even have to do anything new, just stop the endless displays of low value and negative energy"


Epi

 

[MOTU]

I get to choose who I am, and no one can take that away from me

 

[dasein]

I like the parodies of them that came out a few years later:
http://www.despair.com/demotivators.html

I love those, here are some more.

http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/top_40_demotivational_posters.html

Alltime favorite:

http://www.sharenator.com/D_D_D_Dem...onal_posters_my_way_get_out_of_it-139364.html

As far as answering the OP, check out Classics of Strategy and Counsel, by Thomas Cleary. I recommend every DJ get this three book series yesterday, OOP and usually expensive on Ebay but worth every penny.