These are some of the best quotes I have ever come across and will change your mindset if you read them to yourself every day. These are things we may know, but we don’t always remember in a time of need so here’s a subtle reminder!
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1. “Be Thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you’ll never, ever have enough” –Oprah Winfrey
This is one of the best quotes that I have ever read. There is so much that we ought to be thankful for but instead, we waste most of our mental energy thinking about the things that we don’t have and we never end up being satisfied. So be grateful!
2. “The only time you should look back is to see how far you’ve come”
It’s common for people to dwell in the past and regret the decisions they have made, but it only ends up hurting us mentally. Instead, we should look into the past only for an insight into how much we have actually improved and grown and we will be motivated to do better in the future,
3. Eighty percent of success is showing up –Woody Allen
This quote may seem unrealistic, but in reality, the number of opportunities for success that we miss just by not trying or starting in the first place is immense. In today’s world where people expect instant gratification and results, they often don’t try anything as they believe they won’t be successful and this is the true reason that people miss out on so much.
4. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
This quote basically means work hard. It’s for people who don’t have the motivation to do anything cause they think that there are always people more successful and with more opportunities than them but if those people had thought of the same reason then they would never have been successful. Instead, they did the best they could with the best they had and that is the most you can ever do.
5.“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” – Meister Eckhart
To learn the best, you need to act like you are learning something for the first time. Waking up with that curiosity can change your perspective in life. Waking up every day and having the mindset of a beginner makes you open to learn new things and make learning easier. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.
6. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” –William Faulkner
This beautiful quote tells us that you can never really learn or achieve great things unless you step out of your comfort zone. You haven’t really gotten that far unless you have the lost sight of the shore.
7. “If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you’re in Japan.” –Claire Cook
This quote tells us to never stop tying and that there is always a way to accomplish something. We often think that if we try something a few times and it doesn’t work, then its never going to work, but if we give ourselves enough chances, there’s a 99% chance that it will eventually work!
8.”Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” –Robert Luis Stevenson
We often go to bed regretting that we didn’t accomplish anything much that day. We measure ourselves from our accomplishments. But we cannot expect to see results everyday,instead we should look at how many new things we learned or started.
9. “To be successful you have to enjoy doing your best while at the same time contributing to something beyond yourself.” – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Most people say that the end goal in life is to fulfill your potential in a creative way and in a way that gives back to society. Only then will you truly be satisfied and happy.
10.”When you feel like quitting, remember why you started”
Days, months, or even years after we have started something. We often find ourselves struggling to jump the hurdles that a certain task has given us. So we either give up in vain or loose interest just before we would have reached our success. In these times, we should remind ourselves of our WHY. Why we do what we do.
11.”You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined”
It’s nearly impossible to always be motivated to do something. We all have our off days and those days where we feel like doing nothing. but what keeps us going is our discipline, our schedule, and eventually….our motivation.
