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Most of the time, when I get quoted it comes back and bites me in the ass.
Things like: “I’ll have the house clean by the time you get back”
or
“Sure, I’ll keep an eye on the boys boys – no problem.”
Yeah, sometimes being quoted sucks.
But there are others much more profound than myself who are actually worth quoting.
Quotes can serve to inspire and motivate. To make you move out of your comfort zone and into a personal success zone.
I’m not sure I have a favorite quote “of all time” but right now one I keep turning to is by Ayn Rand:
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me”
Another I use with my clients is by Woody Allen:
“Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.”
So now it’s your turn - it is time to sit down in your thinking chair and think…
1. What’s your favorite quote of all time?
and while we’re at it…
2. What’s your favorite self-help, or motivational book of all time?
I really want your input on this. This is the time of year when I am geared up to not only inspire – but to BE inspired.
I, like you, have goals and dreams – and maybe one of you has a quote that will push me forward – or maybe help to push someone else forward.
So please leave some comments below.
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Joshua Carter, CPT The Body Transformation Expert Carter Fitness http://carterfitness.com 818-337-6175 |
PS: Comments are like little hugs…
“If you can dream it, you can achieve it; if you can imagine it, you can become it” Wallace Stevens (I think)
“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?”
Wm Blake
and also, “you can’t out-train your mouth….”
Love the thinking chair reference! Can definitely tell you’re a “Dad”! lol…
My favorite quotes are too numerous to name but here are a couple:
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C. S. Lewis
“A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.” – John Powell
“The vision of a Champion is someone bent over, drenched in sweat, and at the point of exhaustion, when no one is watching.” -NC women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance, the winning-est soccer coach of all time. The person he was observing was Mia Hamm.
For gritty motivation, gotta go with Yoda: “Do or do not… there is no ‘try.’”
For inspiration, The Muppet Movie: “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending; keep believing keep pretending…”
I just remembered one from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”:
When life gives you lemons, just say ‘Fuck the lemons,’ and bail.
Maybe not as inspirational as I had originally thought.
When I start to cut corners this is what comes to mind… hopefully…
How you do anything is how you do everything!
Here are a couple of my favorites, probably more a girl thing…
“It is bad to suppress laughter because it goes back down and spreads your hips!”
“Laugh every day – it’s like inner jogging.”
The harder I work the luckier I get.
Thomas Jefferson
The Man in the Arena
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Drill Sergeant Mike says “Pain is weakness leaving the body!”
If you want something, you will do what it takes to make it happen. Otherwise, you will make excuses.
You’re never too old to be what you might have been.
Don’t let yesterday use up too many of your tomorrows.
– Cherokee saying -
Like many of you I have many quotes I love but I have these taped to my monitor that I like.
“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.
There’s no such thing as life in-between.” Pat Riley
“In order to win, you must expect to win.”- Richard Bach
I can’t recall where I heard this…could be it was during an inspirational moment with my friend Jose…Cuervo
“Everything in moderation…including moderation”
“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, screaming “Wahoo!! what a ride!” ~unknown~
Favorite quote –
“The power to choose always gives you the final say!!”
Words I live by EVERYDAY!!!!!
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, either way you are right.”
Henry Ford
‘Fate rarely calls upon you at a time of your own choosing!’ Optimus Prime – Transformers 2
Killer post JC. Really like a lot of these quotes.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”
I LOVE that you have reached out to others saying..maybe you have aquote that I could use that could ignite in someone to insire them for taking care of themselves as far as health. It shows greatly how you appreciate your readers! Sorta the “give a little, take a little” concept!
So far I think I like Greg’s addition the best:
“The harder I work the luckier I get.”
Thomas Jefferson
Although Carla’s quote (which is actually a misquote of me that I like even better than what I actually said) is a close second.
“You can’t out train your mouth.”