My great-aunt, Wanda has always included motivational quotes for goal achievement with birthday cards and gifts. Sometimes, they’re written right into the card, sometimes on the inside cover of a book, and sometimes on little index cards inside an envelope.
She has a way of finding the most perfect quote for the occasion and everyone looks forward to reading them. In my childhood bedroom, I had a little bulletin board, and it was covered in quotes from Auntie Wanda.
Motivational Quotes for Goal Achievement
I’ve always loved motivational quotes. They remind me that other people have been through similar experiences to what I may be going through, that I am not alone.
Motivational quotes for goal achievement helped me drop 40 pounds the first time, helped inspire me to start a blog in the first place, and help me push through during my toughest weeks now that I’m losing weight again.
As such an important part of my journey, I decided it would be fitting to compile a list of my 52 favorite motivational quotes for goal achievement:
1. On Nutrition
“Recognize that when it comes to your nutrition, you have free will to eat whatever you would like. Then make choices that are from a place of self-love. No restriction, no rules, no diets, just a principle of eating food as an act of self-love to nourish your body as a vehicle for your heart, mind, and soul.”
Katie H. Willcox
2. On Daily Routines
“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”
Jeff Olson
3. On Excellence
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Will Durant
4. On Continuous Learning
“I am a student of whoever I can learn from.”
Rashad Evans
5. On Success
“Those who only do what they feel like . . . don’t do much. To be successful at anything you must take action even when you don’t feel like it, knowing that the action itself will produce the motivation you need to follow through.”
Hal Elrod
6. On Zest for Life
“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
7. On Gratitude
“When we live with gratitude in our hearts, we don’t have to be constantly bracing for what may come our way, because we always have the best and most effective tool to deal with life regardless of what it throws at us.”
Kevin Clayson
8. On Preparedness
“For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
African Proverb
9. On Knowing Your Limits
“You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.”
David Allen
10. On Perfection
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.”
Unknown
11. On Luck
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
Thomas Jefferson
12. On a Great Meal
“The greatest feeling in life is to make a meal and share it with people.”
Rachel Ray
13. On Lasting Change
“Keep the mantra alive – baby steps are your golden ticket to lasting change.”
Julie Reisler
14. On Prioritizing
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
Stephen Covey
15. On Giving Up
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Thomas A. Edison
16. On Time
“The bad news is, time flies. The good news is, you’re the pilot.”
Michael Altahuler
17. On Planning
“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.”
Unknown
18. On Celebrations
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
Oprah Winfrey
19. On Small Things
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
Vincent Van Gogh
20. On Thinking
“With our thoughts, we make the world.”
Buddha
21. On Consistency
“Consistent action creates consistent results.”
Christine Kane
22. On Having Fun
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.”
Mary Poppins
23. On Not Giving Up
“The road to success is always under construction.”
Arnold Palmer
24. On Butts
“The hardest lift of all is lifting your butt off the couch.”
Unknown
25. On Focused Energy
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new.”
Socrates
26. On Worrying
“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”
Jack Canfield
27. On Habits
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
Jim Rohn
28. On the Body the Good Lord Gave You
“The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.”
Vince Lombardi
29. On Moving Mountains
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Confucius
30. On Dedication
“Sometimes it’s hard to just keep going. But dedication is moving forward without giving up, no matter what.”
Unknown
31. On Greatness
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar
32. On Possibility
“It always seems impossible until it is done.”
Nelson Mandela
33. On Doing What You Can
“Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.”
Dean Karnazes
34. On Kingdoms
“Exercise is King. Nutrition is Queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.”
Jack Lalanne (AKA: The Godfather of Fitness)
35. On Self-Respect
“Eating well is a form of self-respect.”
Unknown
36. On Values
“It is imperative to remember that you are not just a body and to start to value your experiences in life and your glorious existence above all else.”
Katie H. Willcox
37. On Who You Can Become
“Let today be the day you give up who you’ve been for who you can become.”
Hal Elrod
38. On Resolutions
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
Abraham Lincoln
39. On Positivity
“You are the only one who can make a change for yourself. Whenever you catch yourself saying something negative, replace it with something positive.”
Julie Reisler
40. On Shaping Our Lives
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.”
Tony Robbins
41. On Finding the Time
“Those who have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”
Edward Stanley
42. On Love
“Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.”
Fred Rogers
43. On Getting Started
“The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.”
Walt Disney
44. On Others’ Success
“Just because they’re succeeding before you, that doesn’t mean they’re succeeding in replacement of you.”
Morgan Harper Nichols
45. On Pushing Yourself
“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.”
Unknown
46. On Getting Things Done
“Well done is better than well said.”
Benjamin Franklin
47. On Patience
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
Aristotle
48. On Strength
“Be faithful in little things, for in them lies our strength.”
Mother Teresa
49. On Taking Responsibility
“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.”
Hal Elrod
50. On Cooking
“You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces. Just good food from fresh ingredients.”
Julia Child
51. On Keepin’ On Keepin’ On
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”
Sam Levenson
52. On Determination
“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.”
Unknown
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