Motivational and Inspirational Quotes

[Stonie]

So many good quotes on here!

 

Here's my addition.

 

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."  - Buddha

[Thrillho]

"If I ever got fat like you, I would just poop myself skinny." - My five year old daughter.

[JediNickD]

"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."

--Max Frisch

[Juni0r83]

"What do I fear?

I fear stagnation and lack of progress.

I fear never reaching my potential and being average.

I fear being forgotten ... The past ... Yesterday's news.

I fear giving up and being passed by, going softly into that good night.

I fear letting those I love down, letting myself down.

I fear settling, giving in to the "that's just the way it is" mindset.

I fear dying without leaving my mark.

I fear not feeling these fears anymore and just floating away.

These fears feed me, they nourish my drive.

I love my fear."

Sorry don't have anyone to attribute it too, it just really rings true for me.

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[Lady Eleventy]

 

I totally just found this on a thread in the yoga section and It really got me thinking about my practice and I thought it really belonged here.

[matty_mcfly]

Motivation for every time I don't want to get up at 5:45 in the morning to get to the gym or I don't want to do extra work @ work...

 

"Do the things today that the others don't, in order to have the things tomorrow that others won't." - Les Brown

[matty_mcfly]

"I am not as good as I could be. I am not as good as I should be. But I am better than I used to be"

[Stonie]

"I am not as good as I could be. I am not as good as I should be. But I am better than I used to be"

 

Oh man, I needed that one this morning! 

 

Here's (not so much motivational, but a good reminder;) one I just found.

 

"Breathe.

If you feel overwhelmed, breathe. It will calm you and release the tensions.

If you are worried about something coming up, or caught up in something that already happened, breathe. It will bring you back to the present.

If you are moving too fast, breathe. It will remind you to slow down, and enjoy life more.

Breathe, and enjoy each moment of this life. They’re too fleeting and few to waste."

Leo Babauta, ZenHabits.com

[MsFitz]

My daughter came home from school one day and told me what her guitar teacher said. I don't know if he got it somewhere or if it was all him, but it stuck with me.

"Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong."

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[thorhammer]

"Just keep following the heartlines on your hand" Florence + the Machine, Heartlines

Fuck everyone else's ideas of "should". The heartlines is where it's at.

[Juni0r83]

a concept i got from Buddhism (I'm not Buddhist, I just have done some reading): Live life like a tuned guitar string, too loose and the note is sour, too tight and string will snap, balance is the key.

 

There is actually a quote for it, but I can't be bothered looking it up, so I'll just reword it for my own purposes. Anyway, it helps keep things in perspective when I miss a workout because I'm busy as, or every time I go to bed with things still not crossed off my to do list.

[Thrillho]

Point in case: missed our workout this morning because my son is having another reaction to his meds.  He used to get super bummed out about it, and super-guilty, but this time he just said "Sorry... we'll have to be extra awesome tomorrow to catch up."

[Thrillho]

And we did!

[Guzzi]

Not exactly motivational, but always make me feel good. 

 

Smiling is contagious, you catch it like the flu

When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too

I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin

When he smiled I realised I'd passed it on to him.

 

I thought about that smile, and realised it;s worth

A single smile, just like mine could travel round the Earth

So if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected

Let's start an epidemic, and get the world infected!

[nerfherder]

These are great! I love a good quote, here a couple of my favourites that weren't said by Matthew McConaughey and aren't about high school girls….

 

"All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration – we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."

- Bill Hicks

 

"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,

I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."

- Walt Whitman

 

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.â€

- Carl Sagan

 

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

- Bill Hicks

 

This next one is a mash-up of a few different quotes I heard from Carl Sagan and Brian Cox, but a friend of mine was having a hard day and I sent her this in a text to try and cheer her up, so I'm taking the credit.

 

"With the exception of Hydrogen and Helium, every known element in the universe is formed at the heart of a dying star. Everything we know in this world, everything that has ever been or will be, including you and me is the result of countless stars living and dying over billions of years and releasing all that made them shine brightly out into the universe to create new life over and over and over again. So remember, when the world is grinding you down and you feel like you're trapped with nowhere to go, you are quite literally made of stardust and your purpose is to shine as brightly as they once did."

- Bill Spence

[Thrillho]

"All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration – we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."

- Bill Hicks

 

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

- Bill Hicks

 

 

Here's Tom with the weather!

[Oramac]

Not motivational per se, but it definitely helps me remember to practice form before adding weight or something.  Said by one of my Masters (he studies Ninjutsu):

 

"Practice does not make perfect.  Practice makes permanent."

[Why not?]

When asked, You don’t fall on the ground and breathe heavy after a workout?

 

 â€œNo. When animals surrender they go lying on their back. I never go lying on my back. It’s a sign of weakness and surrendering. Never lying on my back.â€

- Mikko Salo

 

“To me, the best exercise for this is running. Running is so important that you should keep it up during your lifetime. What time of the day you run is not important as long as you run.â€

- Bruce Lee

[Estrix]

Not sure it counts as motivation but it works for me: "When life gets you down, remember, you're going to die"

[Guzzi]

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Henry David Thoreau

[Guzzi]

You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Henry Ford

[Jittersthe.Clown]

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. ~Sidney Howard

[SteelShield]

"I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum... And I'm all outta gum."

-Nada from "They Live"

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[Pole Monkey]

"Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions."

- Unknown

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on."

- Teddy Roosevelt

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[IrishMartian]

Everything not saved will be lost

 

-Nintendo "Quit Screen" message