Top 50 Motivational and Inspirational Quotes That will Make you Change the Way you Think

Inspirational and Motivational quotes can do a lot to a person. They can change a persons mentality completely upon hearing it. It can have great affect upon you. They make you think about things. They make you think about life. They are great. We want to share with you the interviews that we think are the most inspirational to us.

1. “When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, then look to those who have been given less.” - Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
2. "I'm gonna show you how great I am" - Muhammad Ali
3.  “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
4. "You miss 100% of shots that you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
5. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" - Napoleon Hill
6. There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela
7. "If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten." –Tony Robbins
8. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
9. Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen
10. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford
11. The best revenge is massive success. –Frank Sinatra
12. If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh
13. When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck
14. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn

    
15. "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light" - Aristotle
16. "Try to be like the turtle - at ease with your shell" - Bill Copeland
17. "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." - Martin Luther King Jnr
18. "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  
19. "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it."- Rafiki, (The Lion King)
20. “Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, vision with action can change the world” – Nelson Mandela
21. "If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome." - Michael Jordan
22. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy
23. “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” – James Joyce
24. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
25. “Try not. Do or do not. There is no Try.” – Yoda (Star Wars)
26. "In a gentle way, you can shake the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
27. "If you're not willing to risk it all, then you don't want it bad enough." - Unknown
28. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.  Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?” – Brian Tracy
29. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
30. “When I thought I couldn’t go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck.” – Estee Lauder
31. "Believe you can and you’re halfway there." –Theodore Roosevelt
32. "Start where you are. Use what you have.  Do what you can." –Arthur Ashe
33. "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. " –John Lennon
34. “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” – Christopher Morley
35. "Fall seven times and stand up eight." –Japanese Proverb
36. "First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end." –Aristotle
37. "In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman" - Tony Montana (Scarface)
38. "What’s the difference between a wife and a job? After 10 years a job still sucks" - Mel Gibson (What Women Want)
39. "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." –Les Brown
40. "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." –Walt Disney
41. "Limitations live only in our minds.  But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." –Jamie Paolinetti
42. "What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." –Bob Dylan

    
43. "I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." –Leonardo da Vinci
44. "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." – Bill Cosby
45. "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it." – Chinese Proverb
46. "You become what you believe." – Oprah Winfrey
47. Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. – Farrah Gray
48. "Education costs money.  But then so does ignorance." – Sir Claus Moser
49. "Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others." – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
50. "Dream big and dare to fail." –Norman Vaughan

 

What inspires and Motivates you? Are there any quotes that we have missed? Tell us what you think in the comment section below!

 

Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins book review

Anthony 'Tony' Robbins is one of the most profound and well known self help gurus and author of Awaken the Giant Within: How to Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Life . Robbins is a highly successful motivational speaker, author, life coach and occasional actor, when he gets time. The topics Robbins writes about vary, from writing about removing fear and increasing confidence to making more money and taking control of your life. Tony Robbins has been featured in many newspapers, magazines and TV channels including Forbes, Newsweek, GQ, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), Fortune Magazine and many other media publications. Robbins is the founder of nine successful companies with combined gross revenues of more than $50 million a year.

Awaken the Giant Within is a very long book measuring at over 500 pages. However Tony Robbins invites - dares - you to take control responsibility for you  to create a life that you will love and cherish and live in accordance to your dreams and desires. Nearly every page is jam packed with advice and strategies you can implement into your life straight away. So you will be able to see change and improvement in a couple of days, if not quicker!

When you see Tony Robbins delivering one of his motivational speeches or if you attend one of his seminars you will see he always delivers them in an enthusiastic and powerful style. You can feel the energy that he brings to stage. Here is Robbins delivering one of his powerful speeches, you should have a feeling of empowerment running through you by the end of the video:

 

 

 

 

As you can see Robbins has an outstanding presence and is very motivational and very knowledgeable about life. A lot of celebrities and famous people have been coached or helped through his books. People include Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Pamela Anderson and many others.

 

In Awaken the Giant Within the author talks about a technique he likes to call Neuro-Associative Conditioning. Robbins tells us that some behaviours we do are because we do because we want to avoid change and associate change with pain and they associate their old behaviour with pleasure. An example might include a person not wanting to exercise because he associates it with too much hard work while he might see just playing on the PlayStation an easier option. Robbins goes on to say that there are six steps to change this behaviour:

 

Decide. He says that to make any change whether physical or mental, we must first make a strong commitment to change.
Get leverage. To start changing and to motivate the person, he/she should make sure they associate their bad and old habits as malicious and painful and their new good habits with joy and pleasure.
Interrupt the old pattern. He uses a very strong neuro-linguistic programming technique. It is a very useful method. If you feel like you are going to go back to your old habit or behaviours do something unexpected to shock yourself.  He writes in Awaken The Giant Within, "Next time you start to feel depressed, jump up, look at the sky, and yell in your most idiotic tone of voice, 'Hallelujah! My feet don't stink today!' A stupid, silly move like that will definitely shift your attention." Robbins frequently compares interrupting patterns to scratching a record so that it will no longer play properly.
Create a new pattern. You must have a new habit to replace the old one with.
Condition the new pattern. The fifth step entails having to keep on repeating the new habit until it becomes a habit.
Test it. Put yourself

Tony uses a lot of Neuro-Linguistic Programming throughout the book and he explains it interrupts our pattern of thought and creates leverage to help and motivate us to stay on track with our new decisions and habits. Leverage is achieved by creating pain to move away in our minds and create pleasure to move towards. This book will help you improve your existing businesses, make you become a better entrepreneur and help you become a better person overall.

He explains the different methods and techniques of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in a way that is simple and understand and very accessible, avoiding getting technical or using jargon.

This is a great book and in my opinion Tony Robbins is a genius. He has also helped millions of people and is a great life coach and speaker. There are many powerful techniques included in this book that if implemented properly can change your life. If you would like to buy this book then please click here to buy it on Amazon.