6 Months of Inspirational Quotes Part 2
1) "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." -Babe Ruth
2) "An alley cat can stay lean when food is scarce; the trick is to stay lean during the good times." -Ricardo Semler
3) "Always deliver more than expected." -Larry Page
4) "You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." -Zig Ziglar
5) "The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals" but "What would excite me?"-Tim Feriss
6) "My best successes came on the heels of failures." -Barbara Corcoran
7) "The true price of anything is the amount of time you exchange for it." -Henry David Thoreau
This is so relevant for creative professionals juggling multiple sometimes conflicting endeavors!
8) "Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything." -George Bernard Shaw
9) "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how." -Friedrich Nietzsche
10) "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." -Rumi
This is probably the single most important quarantine quote for me when I feel lost
11) "Doing the best at this moment in time puts you in the best place for the next moment." -Oprah Winfrey
12) "What would you be glad you did-even if you failed?" -Brene Brown. This quote essentially sums up why I continue to pursue being a professional performer despite the inevitable trails and tribulations that come with the territory
13) "Your time is limited. Don't waste it living someone else's life." -Steve Jobs
14) "The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." -Robin Sharma
15) "My own success has been in observing objects in daily use which, it was always assumed, could not be improved." -James Dyson
16) "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." -Mark Twain
17) "It is easier to act yourself into a better way of feeling than to feel yourself into a better way of action." -O.H. Mowrer Like everyone, there are many mornings I wake up an anxious mess, however I try every day to stick to a routine that I know will get me activated, and 9 times out of 10 it works!
18) "What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan." -Jason Fried
19) "Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well." -Vincent Van Gogh