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"AMUST HAVE for all who are looking for the
motivation to improve the quality of their lives"

-Jack Can field
Co-Author Chicken Soup for the Soul®and The Power of Focus

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By Thomas J. ViWord

1001 Motivational Quotes for Success
Great Quotes from Great Minds

Copyright © 2002 by Thomas J. Vilord
2nd Printing - Copyright © 2004 by Thomas J. Vilord
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1001 Motivational Quotes for Success
Great Ouotes from Great Minds
By Thomas J. Vilord
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1. Self-development 2. Business 3. Self-help
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To my wife Vicki, Mom, Dad, and my Grandmother
Mrs. Dolly Salvato

Thank you for all of your love and support!

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I could not have done it without your help.

Thank you very much.

Introduction

If you are like most people, you know it can be hard to stay
motivated and focused 365 days a year whether it be at work,
home, school, etc. Especially on those gloomy Monday mornings.
Some people listen to their favorite song to get them energized,
some read an uplifting story, and others may watch an inspiring

movie.. .the list goes on. I happen to like reading quotes of
successful people. I have quotes placed anywhere that I can see
them; in my bedroom, my car, and in my office. Sometimes I
come into the office and feel a little lethargic and less motivated

than I should be in order to do my job effectively. I need
something extra besides a cup of strong coffee to get me going.
All I do is read a quote from my favorite author or businessman,
and I seem to get myself back on track. I put this collection of

quotes together to help you do the same. We all have the
capabilities to achieve just as much success in life as anyone else.

All we need to do is stay motivated and focused, have specific
goals and act on them. My hope is that this book gives all of you
the extra push you need to get out there and grab life by the horns

and achieve all the success life has to offer.

Thomas J. Vilord

1001 Motivational Quotes For Success

To accomplish great things, we
must not only act, but also dream,

not only plan, but also believe.

- Anatole France
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When you think you can't... Sometimes things become possible
revisit a previous triumph. if we want them bad enough.

- Jack Canfield - T.S. Eliot

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To be a leader, you must Don't you get it?
stand for something, This very second you could be
doing something you love and
or you will fall for anything. dream about doing. So do it!

- Anthony Pagano NOW!

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Stupidity is fearing nothing.
The spirit, the will to win,
- Todd Bellemare and the will to excel are the things
that endure. These qualities are so
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events that occur.
- Vince Lombardi

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Victory is always possible for the Great works are performed
person who refuses to not by strength,
stop fighting. but perseverance.

- Napoleon Hill - Dr. Samuel Johnson

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thinking, or what fear you have, minute they decide to.
if you just do it! Action is the only
thing that matters.. .I can see that at - Harvey Mackay
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"I wish I had taken more action".

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Winning is not a "sometime"
thing. You don't win once in a Good things come to those who
awhile, you don't do things right hustle while they wait.
once in awhile, you do them right
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unfortunately, so is losing.

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Your ideas are like

diamonds.. .without the refining

The fastest way to pass your own process, they are just a dirty rock,

expectations is to add passion to but by cutting away the impurities,

your labor. they become priceless.

- Mike Litman - Paul Kearly

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Success is predictable. To be a champion, you have to
- Brian Tracy believe in yourself

when nobody else will.

- Sugar Ray Robinson

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Time, patience, and perseverance Society may predict, but only I
will accomplish all things. can determine my destiny.

- Clair Oliver

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Accept the past for what it was. ITo be a winner, all you have to
Acknowledge the present for what give is all you have.

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what it can become.
- Tracy L. McNair

Successful people tend to become If we are to achieve results never

more successful because before accomplished, we must

they are always thinking about expect to employ methods never

their successes. before attempted.

- Brian Tracy - Francis Bacon

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I have tried 99 times and have Success is more attitude
failed, but on the 100th time came than aptitude.

success.
- Albert Einstein

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valuable possession that we have.

The quality of our lives is, and will

be, a reflection of how well we The past is over.. .forget it. The

develop, train, and utilize this future holds hope.. .reach for it.

precious gift.

- Brian Tracy - Charles R. Swindoll

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There is always a better way.
- Thomas Edison Having conceived of his purpose, a

man should mentally mark out a

straight pathway to its achieve-

ment, looking neither to the right

or to the left, but straight.

- James Allen

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The habit of persistence is the People with goals succeed because
habit of victory. they know where they are going.

- Herbert Kaufman - Earl Nightingale

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For I can do ALL things through Excellence is not being the best;
Christ who gives me strength. it is doing your best.

- Philippians 4:13
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recognizes their God-given talents, works

his tail off to develop them into skills, and

When everything feels like an uses those skills to accomplish his goals.
uphill struggle, just think of the Even when I lost, I learned what my

view from the top. weaknesses were and I went out the next
day to turn those weaknesses into

strengths.

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The size of your success depends Don't limit your challenges;
on the depth of your desire. challenge your limits.

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Each day we must strive for If you have a burning desire
constant and never ending and a plan to take action, there is

improvement. absolutely nothing you cannot
achieve.

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Approach the start of each day Dreamers look into the future and
with something in mind and end see promise. Those who do not
the day with one word.. .DONE. dream only see the future.

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Life is only what we choose to Happiness is the highest level of
make it. success.

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Fear is met and destroyed with

In every problem there is a courage. Again and again when the
hidden treasure inside.
It's your job to find it. struggle seems hopeless and all

opportunity lost, the one with a
little more courage, and a little more

effort will have victory.

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Anyone who has never made a Without ambition no conquests
mistake has never tried anything are made, and no business created.

new. Ambition is the root of all
achievement.
- Albert Einstien - James Champy

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Cause change and lead; 80% of success is showing up.
accept change and survive; - Woody Allen

resist change and die.

- Ray Norda

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To change bad habits, we must He who dares, wins.
study the habits of successful role

models.

- Jack Canfield I - Winston Churchill

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Trust in yourself. Your percep- Imagination rules the world.
tions are often far more accurate
than you are willing to believe.

- Claudia Black - Napoleon Bonaparte
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God created all men equal. Why

If you think you can or if you do some accomplish far greater

think you can't, either way you accomplishments then others?

are right. Because they had a vision, a

desire, and they took action.

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they have almost reached their goal,
We can do anything we want to if while others obtain a victory by exert-
we stick to it long enough.
ing, at the last moment, more

vigorous efforts than ever before.

- Helen Keller - Herodotusv

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brain. You cannot get enough in
one sitting. It needs continual and

regular refills.

- Peter Davies - T.S. Eliot

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The achievement of one goal Concentrated thoughts produce
should be the starting point of desired results.

another.

- Alexander Graham Bell - Zig Ziglar

People are anxious to improve Genius is divine perseverance.
their circumstances, but are Genius I cannot have, but
unwilling to improve themselves. perseverance all can have.
That is why they remain bound.

- James Allen - Woodrow Wilson
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Money never starts an idea; it's I am not just here to make a
the idea that starts the money. living; I am here to make a life.

- Mark Victor Hansen - Helice Bridges
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Ideas are a dime a dozen, they are
Life is short. Focus from this day worthless, but people who put
forward on making a difference. their ideas into action are
priceless.

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You may be disappointed if you It's not whether you get knocked
fail, but you are doomed if down; it's whether you
you do not try. get back up.
- Beverly Sills - Vince Lombardi

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Success is the prize I would rather fail in a cause
for those who stand that would ultimately succeed,
true to their ideas. than succeed in a cause that would

- John S. Hinds ultimately fail.

- Woodrow Wilson

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Of The path to success is to take mas-
sive determined action.
Success is neither magical nor
mysterious. Success is the - Anthony Robbins
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consistently applying the
basic fundamentals.

- Jim Rohn

I know the price of success: Your dreams minus your doubts
dedication, hard work, and an equal your true worth.
unremitting devotion to the things

you want to see happen.
-Frank Lloyd Wright

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The man who said he never had a Dream your wildest dreams and
chance, never took one. you will live a wild life.

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Success comes to those who dare Your success is only limited by
to begin. your desire.

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That is why I succeed.
Read somt,thing positive every
night and listen to something

helpful every morning.

- Michael Jordan - Tom Hopkins

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Never stop learning. If you learn Winning doesn't make you a

one new thing everyday, you will better person )n, but being a better

overcome 99% of your person willImake you a winner.

competition.

- Joe Carlozo Page 21
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I do believe I am special. My # The starting Doint of all '
special gift is my vision, my achievement is desire. Keep this
commitment, and my willingness
constantly in mind. Weak desire
to do whatever it takes.
- Anthony Robbins brings weak results, just as
a small amount of fire makes

a small amount of heat.

- Napoleon Hill

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It is the mind that makes good or
ill. That which makes us happy

or sad; rich or poor.

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It's a funny thing about life; if With each choice you make, you
you refuse to accept anything but create your life.

the best, you often get it.

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Never give up! Failure and Believe in yourself and you will be
rejection are only the first step to unstoppable.

succeeding.

- Jimmy Valvano - Emily Guay

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Failure is merely part of the The door to success is the one
process necessary for success. marked PUSH.

There are no failures in life, only Don't wish for it...work for it!
those who give up to soon.

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He who conquers others is strong. Don't be afraid to go after what
He who conquers himself is you want to do and what you want
mighty. to be, and don't be afraid to pay

- Lao Tzu the price to get it.

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The best way to accomplish JUST DO IT! - Nike
something is to just do it, and
then find the courage afterwards.

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Never let your fears be the Think BIG! You are going to be
boundaries of your dreams. thinking anyway, so think BIG!

b, - Donald Trump

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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things if

the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winters evening.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect

them; they nurse them through bad days until they bring them to the

sunshine and the light that always comes to those who sincerely hope thai

their dreams will come true.

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Success in the end erases all the Success is a piece of mind which
mistakes along the way. is a direct result of the

- Chinese Proverb self-satisfaction knowing you did
your best to become the best you

are capable of becoming.
- John Wooden

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People become really quite

Life's battles don't always go to remarkable when they start think-

the faster, stronger man. The man ing that they can do things. When

who wins is the man who they believe in themselves, they

thinks he can. have the first secret of success.

- Norman Vincent Peale

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The day I stop giving is the day Winners are ordinary people
I stop receiving. The day I stop with extraordinary heart.

learning is the day
I stop growing.

The only difference between The happiest of people do not
dreams and achievements necessarily have the best of
is hard work. everything. They just make the
most of everything that comes
- Mayor Chris Bollwage.
along their way.

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True success in life is not }-1k
measured by how much you make, Allow yourself to dream and
but by how much of a difference fantasize about your ideal life;
what it would look like, and what
you make. it would feel like. Then do
something everyday to make it a

reality!

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The secret of success is If the mind of man can believe,
consistency of purpose. the mind of man can achieve.

- Benjamin Disraeli - Napoleon Hill

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To conquer without risk is to Thoughts and ideas are the source
triumph without glory. of all wealth, success, material
gain, all great discoveries,
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- Mark Victor Hansen

You miss 100% of the shots you # I am not judged by the num-
don't take. ber of times I fail, but the number
of times I succeed, and the number
- Wayne Gretzky of times I succeed is a direct pro-
portion to the number of times I

fail and keep trying.
- Tom Hopkins

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No man ever became great Add value to everyday.
without many and great Sharpen your skills and

mistakes. your understanding.

- William E. Gladstone

People of mediocre ability

sometimes achieve outstanding

success because they don't know Life is filled with possibilities.

when to quit. Most men succeed

because they are determined to.

- George E. Allen

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Decide what is worthwhile and I do not think there is any other
follow through with it. quality so essential to success of
any kind as the quality of perse-
verance. It overcomes almost

everything, even nature.
- John D. Rockefeller

Real success is finding your life Creativity means believing you
work in the work that you love. have greatness.

- David McCullough - Dr. Wayne D. Dwyer

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I can't believe that God put us on Believe that you have it,
this earth just to be ordinary. and you will have it.

- Lou Holtz - Latin Proverb

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In the long run, we only hit what Start each day by affirming
we aim at. peaceful, contented, and happy
attitudes and your days will tend
to be pleasant and successful.

- Henry David Thoreau - Norman Vincent Peale

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There is no shorctent. If I had to select one quality and
Victory lies in over coming one personal characteristic that I

obstacles every lay. regard as being most highly
correlated with success, whatever
Id the field, I would pick persistence
and determination. The will to
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`q down seventy times and
get up off the floor saying,
The key to achieve]ment is "Here comes number seventy one".
being a How thinker and
- Richard M. Devos
not an If thinker.

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The happiest life is that which Our aspirations are our
consistently exercises and educates possibilities.

what is best in us.

- Philip G. Hamerton - Samuel Johnson

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cannot do. Nothing is above its

reach. It can turn bad morals to

Innovate, develop, motivate, good morals; it can destroy bad

inspire, trust - be a leader. principles and re-create good ones;

it can lift men to angelship.

- Mark Twain

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Discovery lies in seeing what Be courageous! Have faith!
everyone sees, but thinking what Go forward.

know one has thought. - Thomas A. Edison

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Life is built of the things we do. The actual is limited, the
The only constructive material is possibilities immense.

positive action.

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Success seems to be connected

with action. Successful men keep Do not settle for less than an

moving; they make mistakes, but extraordinary life.

they do not quit.

- Conrad Hilton

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Success is not always achieved by you love enough to be able to take
hard work alone, but mix it with a
risks, jump over the hurdles and
break though the brick walls that are

little bit of organization and a little always going to be placed in front of

strength from God above and you. If you don't have that kind of
you'll have a winning recipe. feeling for what it is you are doing,
you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.

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Stay focused and stay curious. Always keep a window open in
Do what you say you will do. your mind for new ideas.

I maintained my edge by always Keys to success: Research your
being a student; you will always ideas, plan for success, expect

have something new to learn. success, and just do it.

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This is America.. .we can do I am a great believer in luck, and
anything here! I find that the harder I work the

more luck I have.

- Ted Turner - Thomas Jefferson
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You've got to get up every Destiny is not a matter of chance;

morning with determination if it's a matter of choice. It is not a

you're going to go to bed with thing to be waited for; it is a thing

satisfaction. to be achieved.

- George Horace Lorimer - Jeremy Kitson
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Every success is built on the If you want your life to be a mag-
ability to do better than nificent story, then begin by realiz-
good enough.
ing that you are the author and
'p everyday you have the opportunity

to write a new page.
- Mark Houlahan

Nothing great was ever achieved Why? Why not? Why not you?
without enthusiasm. Why not now?

- Ralph Waldo Emerson - Aslan

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11 V What lies behind us and what lies
before us are tiny matters
Consult not your fears, but your hopes
and your dreams. Think not about your compared to what lies within us.

frustrations, but about your unfilled - Ralph Waldo Emerson
potential. Concern yourself not with
what you have tried and failed in, but
for what is still possible for you to do.

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In life, those that are great aree

those that dare to follow their Out of difficulties grow miracles.

dreams through the good times

AND the bad times.

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We must all suffer one of two Faith is to believe what you do not
things: The pain of discipline or yet see; the reward for this faith is

the pain of regret and to see what you believe.
disappointment.
- Jim Rohn - St. Augustine

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If I have the belief that I can do it. The greatest glory in living lies not
I shall surely acquire the capacity in never falling, but in
to do it even if I may not have the rising every time we fall.

capacity at the beginning.

- Mahatma Ghandi - Nelson Mandela

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All of our dreams can come true Through perseverance, many
if we have the courage to people win success out of what
pursue them.
seemed destined to be
- Walt Disney certain failure.
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Believe in a hope that a new hope

To succeed, you need to take that is dawning.. .believe that your

gut feeling in what you believe and dreams will come true.. .believe in

act on it with all of your heart. the promise of brighter

tomorrows.. .begin

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Reach for the moon. IIt's in your moments of decision
If you fall short at least that your destiny is shaped.
you'll be among the stars. - Anthony Robbins

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Focus on where you want to go, If you can't do it today, what
not where your currently are. makes you think you can do it

tomorrow.

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