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100+ SELF-DISCIPLINE QUOTES TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE UNLIMITED SUCCESS
Self-discipline is one of the world’s best kept secrets when it comes to success. Countless people who have accomplished many of their goals or have achieved meaningful success across a variety of different areas typically give credit to their self-discipline when asked, ‘how did they do it?’ As such, we’ve decided to pull together some of the absolute best self-discipline quotes of all-time.
“Discipline Is The Bridge Between Goals And Accomplishment.”
Our hope is that these discipline quotes will permeate your mind with one of the best kept secrets of some of the world’s highest achievers. We also hope that they’ll inspire you to believe, that with enough self-discipline, you too can achieve the impossible. So, if you’re ready for one of the most comprehensive lists of self-discipline quotes, then let’s dive in:
BEST 100+ SELF-DISCIPLINE QUOTES
1. “The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.” – Napoleon Hill
2. “With self-discipline, most anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt
3. “We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we can accomplish what they can’t.” – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
4. “Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as a punishment. And that’s the difference.” – Lou Holtz
5. “A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.” – Dalai Lama
6. “Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.” – George Washington
7. “The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.” – E.M. Gray
8. “The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.” – Bum Philips
9. “Success is a result of daily disciplines compounded over time.” – Darren Hardy
10. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
11. “There is no easy way. There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.” – Jocko Willink
12. “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.” – Jim Rohn
13. “I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.” – Nikola Tesla
14. “Self-command is the main discipline.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” – Lou Holtz
16. “One discipline always leads to another discipline.” – Jim Rohn
17. “He who lives without discipline dies without honor.” Icelandic Proverb
18. “The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.” – William Arthur Ward
19. “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
20. “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln
21. “Confidence comes from discipline and training.” – Robert Kiyosaki
22. “Success is a matter of understanding and religiouly practicing specific simple habits that always lead to success.” – Robert J. Ringer
23. “No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.” – William Penn
24. “Most talk about ‘super-geniuses’ is nonsense. I have found that when ‘stars’ drop out, successors are usually at hand to fill their places, and the successors are merely men who have learned by application and self-discipline to get full production from an average, normal brain.”- Charles M. Schwab
25. “Success doesn’t just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.” – John C. Maxwell
26. “Discipline is the foundation of a successful and happy life.” – Anonymous
27. “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” – Mortimer J. Adler
28. “Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” – Thucydides
29. “You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself…the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. …And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.” – Leonardo da Vinci
30. “The first and greatest victory is to conquer self.” – Plato
31. “We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.” – Steven Pressfield
32. “One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.” – Hellen Keller
33. “Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” – Abraham J. Heschel
34. “Do not consider painful what is good for you.” – Euripides
35. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn
36. “Those who have nothing have only their discipline.” – Alain Badiou
37. “It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.” – Robert Greene
38. “With this magic ingredient, you can accomplish anything and everything you want to, and it is called self-discipline.” – Brian Tracy
39. “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.” – Thomas Jefferson
40. “Great leaders always have self-discipline — without exception.” – John C. Maxwell
41. “Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.” – Vince Lombardi
42. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” – Clint Eastwood
43. “Success is actually a short race – a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.” – Gary Keller
44. “By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.” – Grenville Kleiser
45. “Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” – Seneca
46. “He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
47. “It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.” – La Rochefoucauld
48. “Discipline really means our ability to get ourselves to do things when we don’t want to.” – Arden Mahlberg
49. “Your level of success is determined by your level of discipline and perseverance.” – Anonymous
50. “That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.” – Henry David Thoreau
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51. “Self-discipline is about controlling your desires and impulses while staying focused on what needs to get done to achieve your goal.” – Adam Sicinski
52. “Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them.” – Zig Ziglar
53. “All successes begin with self-discipline. It starts with you.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
54. “Self-discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.” – Joseph Addison
55. “The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets.” – Steve Pavlina
56. “The center of bringing any dream into fruition, is self-discipline.” – Will Smith
57. “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” – Elbert Hubbard
58. “In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves…self-discipline with all of them came first.” – Harry S. Truman
59. “If it were easy to walk the path of self-discipline, we wouldn’t gain much from it.” – Glenn C. Stewart
60. “Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.” – Robin Sharma
61. “Discipline is the ability to control our conduct by principle rather than by social pressure.” – Glenn C. Stewart
62. “Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” – Abraham J. Heschel
63. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” – Jesse Owens
64. “Discipline is the silent force at work that breeds success. It requires only one thing; that you sacrifice time in things you enjoy.” – Anonymous
65. “We don’t have to be smarter than the rest; we have to be more disciplined than the rest.” – Warren Buffett
66. “Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.” – Matthew Kelly
67. “If the self-discipline of the free cannot match the iron discipline of the mailed fist-in economic, political, scientific and all other kinds of struggles as well as the military-then the peril to freedom will continue to rise.” – John F. Kennedy
68. “Self-discipline is the root quality that will improve every aspect of your life.” – Jocko Willink
69. “Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” – Mike Ditka
70. “Self-control is strength, right thought is mastery, calmness is power.” – James Allen
71. “Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.” – John C. Maxwell
72. “Discipline without freedom is tyranny. Freedom without discipline is chaos.” – Cullen Hightower
73. “By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.” – Grenville Kleiser
74. “Self-discipline is a self-enlarging process.” – M. Scott Peck
75. “Self control is the key to self esteem and self confidence.” – Laurance McGraw V
76. “Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.” – Michel De Montaigne
77. “Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.” – John C. Maxwell
78. “Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
79. “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.” – Lao Tzu
80. “Self-discipline creates a brighter tomorrow.” – Anonymous
81. “Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could of ever planned for. Failure, on the other hand, is just as easy to slip into. Failure’s is nothing more than the inevitable outcome of a few small acts of daily neglect performed consistently over time so that they take you past the point of no return.” – Robin Sharma
82. “Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It requires you to connect today’s actions to tomorrow’s results. There’s a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.” – Gary Ryan Blair
83. “Self-discipline begins with the mastery of thought. If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot control your needs. Self-discipline calls for a balancing of the emotions of your heart with the reasoning faculty of your head.” – Napoleon Hill
84. “Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.” – Roy Baumeister
85. “It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.” – Mick Jagger
86. “The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him—and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.” – J. Paul Getty
87. “It is better to conquer self than to win a thousand battles.” – Buddha
88. “The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.” – Vince Lombardi
89. “Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
90. “If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.” – William Feather
91. “When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.” – Albert Einstein
92. “No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick
93. “It’s never crowded along the extra mile.” – Wayne Dyer
94. “I think self-discipline is something, it’s like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.” Daniel Goldstein
95. “Self-discipline is the magic power that makes you virtually unstoppable.” – Dan Kennedy
96. “He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.” – Jyrus
97. “It doesn’t matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.” – Harvey Mackay
98. “I don’t count my sit-ups, I only start counting when it starts hurting, when I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, cause that’s when it really counts.” – Muhammad Ali
99. “What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not do.” – Aristotle
100. “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu
101. “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” – Aristotle
102. “Rule your mind or it will rule you.” – Horace
103. “Self-discipline is the center of all material success. You can’t win the war against the world if you can’t win the war against your own mind.” – Will Smith
104. “In this life there are countless trails to self-realization, though most demand intense discipline, so very few take them.” – David Goggins
105. “If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself…self-discipline.” – Harry S. Truman
106. “What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are: and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.” – H.P. Liddon
107. “The pain of discipline weighs ounces, but the pain of regret weighs tons.” – Darren Hardy
108. “Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” – Roy L. Smith
109. “Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back.” – W.K. Hope
110. “Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.” – Mike Tyson
111. “There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.” – Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
112. “There is no luck except where there is discipline.” – Irish Proverb
113. “Discipline is consistency of action.” – James C. Collins
114. “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” – M. Scott Peck
115. “Self-discipline is the No.1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class, and the poor.” – Robert Kiyosaki
116. “Self-Discipline means living your life the hard way: resisting temptations and instant gratification, in order to receive bigger and better rewards in the future.” – Martin Meadows
117. “The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.” – Ryan Holiday
118. “Self-discipline is easy when you have a vision that pulls you.” – Nathan Lee Morales
119. “There are two disciplines in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you’ll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.” – Nick Saban
120. “Self-discipline is the architect of accomplishment.” – The STRIVE
121. “The first step to getting rich requires discipline. If you really want to be rich, you need to find the discipline.” – Mark Cuban
122. “Self-discipline is what separates the winners and the losers.” – Thomas Peterffy
123. “The habit of self-discipline virtually guarantees your success in life.” – Brian Tracy
Bonus Discipline Quote
Bonus: Alright, here is our last and final discipline quote which we decided to include as a bonus because it does such a good job hitting the nail on the head when it comes to self-discipline. Enjoy!
“Discipline Equals Freedom.”
– Jocko Willink –
Final Thoughts
There you have it, some of the best discipline quotes of all time. We hope these quotes serve you in creating the habit of self-discipline. Let them guide you towards becoming your very best so you can achieve the success you’re striving for.
Till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
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Achieving success is a process, not an event. It’s a journey, and journeys are more often than not, long and rife with difficulties and unexpected challenges. The great news is, if you’re currently struggling with your dreams and goals at the moment, you can take comfort in the knowledge that it is all part of the process. With that having been said, we are publishing this list of uplifting quotes to inspire you on your journey towards success.
So, if you’re looking for some inspiring quotes to encourage you on your journey of success, then let’s dive into these inspiring success journey quotes.
MOST INSPIRING JOURNEY TO SUCCESS QUOTES
1. “Success is not a destination, it’s a journey” – Zig Ziglar
2. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
3. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli
4. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and the little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey
5. “Success is never final. Failure is never fatal.” – Winston Churchill
6. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley
7. “Not everyone will understand your journey, and that’s okay, because you are here to make progress, not to make everyone understand.” – Success Journey Quote
8. “Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” – Arthur Ashe
9. “Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo
10. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
11. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
12. “It’s all about the journey not the outcome.” – Carl Lewis
13. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Bobby Unser
14. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber
15. “Success is a journey. The best form of transport is happiness.” – Roy Smoothe
16. “Don’t expect anyone to understand your journey, especially if they’ve never walked your path.” – Anonymous
17. “The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards.” – Eugine Bouchard
18. “Patience, persistence and perspirations make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill
19. “To me, the best part of success, is the journey!” – Latif Mercado
20. “Failure is often part of the journey to success.” – Anonymous
21. “Life’s too short not to enjoy the journey to success. And success starts with taking care of yourself. We only get one chance at life—why not reach our fullest potential? – Jim Rohn
22. “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.” – Success Journey Quote
23. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder
24. “I use pain to push me to greatness.” – Eric Thomas
25. “Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.” – Mia Hamm
26. “You know you are on the right track when you have no interest in looking back.” – Anonymous
27. “In the journey to success, tenacity of purpose is supreme.” – Aliko Dangate
28. “The end of a journey means that start of another one.” – Anonymous
29. “There are no secrets to success. [Success] is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
30. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
31. Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” – Matsuo Basho
32. “There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.” – Willie Nelson
33. “Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” – Anonymous
34. “Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
35. “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” – Tim Fargo
36. “Your life journey is about learning to become more of who you are and fulfilling the highest, truest expression of yourself as a human being.” – Oprah Winfrey
37. “Sometimes the longest journey we make is sixteen inches from our heads to our hearts.” – Elena Avila
38. “When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.” – Rumi
39. “Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey. But you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.” – Usher
40. “Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.” – Mark Twain
41. “The road to success is always under construction.” – Anonymous
42. “Success is in the journey, but the reward is the view from the top.” – Larry Stevens
43. “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – Lolly Daskal
44. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson
45. “I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” – Anonymous
46. “Peace is the best journey. Happiness is the best destination.” – Ragu
47. “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
48. “Success for me isn’t a destination it’s a journey. Everybody’s working to get to the top but where is the top? It’s all about working harder and getting better and moving up and up.” – Rihanna
49. “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
50. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
51. “Success is not a race, it’s a journey. Focus on your progress, not others’. Every step forward, no matter how slow, brings you closer to your goals. Celebrate your own pace and achievements.” – Garry Goodridge
52. “Success is not the absence of obstacles, but the courage to push through them on your journey.” – Success Journey Quote
53. “The journey to success is paved with persistence, not perfection.” – Robin Sharma
54. “Your journey to success is unique; embrace the detours, for they shape your story.” – Anonymous
55. “The road to success is a journey of learning, adapting, and growing through every challenge.” – Brian Tracy
Bonus Success Journey Quote
Bonus: Alright, here is our last quote to inspire you on your journey to success.
“Stay Patient and Trust The Journey.”
Final Thoughts
You’ve made it to the end of our success journey quotes list and we hope you are a little more inspired than when you arrived. If you enjoyed a quote or two, please share them with someone who could use a few encouraging words on their journey towards success.
That said, thanks for stopping and come back soon.
Until you reach your aims,
STRIVE
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Life is no walk in the park. It comes with many moments of joy and serenity, but it equally has its moments of strife and pain. Every single one of us will experience the good times, but the time will also come when we must face the challenges and struggles of life. And how we endure those challenges will make all the difference in how our life turns out.
Embrace the struggles, and you’ll make it through and eventually come out on top. Give way to them, and defeat will draw near. With that said, we’ve rounded up some of the most inspirational quotes about life and struggles, to give you the strength to endure the setbacks, believe in yourself, and overcome the challenges of pursuing your dreams and striving to live a meaningful live.
Best Inspirational Quotes About Life and Struggles
1. “Embrace the struggle and let it make you stronger. It won’t last forever.” – Tony Gaskins
2. “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.” – Steve Maraboli
3. “In this life, happiness and joy can’t exist without struggle and pain. Even if you think you’re all alone in your struggle, you’re really not.” – Rebecca Crespo
4. “Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” – Anonymous
5. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
6. “Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.” – Keanu Reeves
7. “Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.” – Anonymous
8. “The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Hellen Keller
9. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
10. “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey
11. “Struggling is not the identity. You must learn to live while struggle, such that anyone who sees you can separate the struggle from your life.” – Anonymous
12. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” – R. Brault
13. “I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.” – Anonymous
14. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
15. “Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success.” – Anonymous
16. “Don’t be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone.. – Andy Biersack
17. “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” – Randy Pausch
18. “Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.” – Diane Westlake
19. “Obstacles are the things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” – E. Joseph Cossman
20. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
21. “Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.” – Anonymous
22. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein
23. “One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don’t feel like doing it.” – Anonymous
24. “It is in the ‘valleys’ of your life that you can drink from God’s sweetest streams.” – Richard Daly
25. “Go where you are celebrated – not tolerated. If they can’t see the real value of you, it’s time for a new start.” – Anonymous
26. “Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.” – Mao Zedong
27. “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.” – Anonymous
28. “Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.” – Anonymous
29. “Quit hanging on to the handrails. Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it everyday.” – Melody Beattie
30. “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.” – Anonymous
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31. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield
32. “Life has a way of broadsiding us with lessons that we need to learn but would rather avoid.” – Craig Groeschel
33. “We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives.. Some lessons are painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless.” – Anonymous
34. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray
35. “When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!” – Anonymous
36. “I believe my life has no limits. I want you to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be.” – Nick Vujicic
37. “Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you are if you can’t see it yourself?” – Anonymous
38. “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Anonymous
39. “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget
40. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
41. “Walk away from anything or anyone who takes away from your joy. Life is too short to put up with fools.” – Anonymous
42. “When the past calls, let it go to voicemail, believe me, it has nothing new to say.” – Anonymous
43. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
44. “The biggest failure you can have in life is making the mistake of never trying at all.” – Anonymous
45. “Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.” – Anonymous
46. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I built my life.” – J.K. Rowling
47. “One of the best ways to reduce your struggles is to follow the number one rule of life. Do what makes you happy.” – Anonymous
48. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
49. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Rob Siltanen
50. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
51. “Sometimes life’s challenges are tough to deal with. You will succeed if you focus your thoughts on how to overcome the challenge.” – Catherine Pulsifier
52. “Great things never came from comfort zones.” – Neil Strauss
53. “Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” – Iyanla Vanzant
54. “No one is going to hand me success. I must go out & get it myself. That’s why I’m here. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself.” – Anonymous
55. “Believing in yourself can be hard, especially when no one else believes in you, just be proud of who you are, and believe anything is possible if you put your mind to it.” – Rashida Rowe
56. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
57. “Those who overcome great challenges will be changed, and often in unexpected ways. For our struggles enter our lives as unwelcome guests, but they bring valuable gifts. And once the pain subsides, the gifts remain. These gifts are life’s true treasures, brought at great price, but cannot be acquired in a any other way.” – Steve Goodier
58. “Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you can. Always remember, what goes around, comes around.” – Anonymous
59. “Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
60. “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.” – Anonymous
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61. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
62. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot
63. “Be someone’s strength. Be someone’s inspiration. Be someone’s reason to never give up.” – Anonymous
64. “Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
65. “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” – Joe Namath
66. “Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.” – Les Brown
67. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
68. “In the heart of every struggles lies an opportunity to grow.” – Melanie M. Koulouris
69. “Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London
70. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglas
71. “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes
72. “No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better.” – Anonymous
73. “A ship is always safe a shore but that is not what it’s built for.” – Albert Einstein
74. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere
75. “Embrace the struggle… It is your greatest teacher.” – Russell Simmons
76. “It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
77. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
78. “Life’s struggles are necessary for growth.” – Auliq Ice
79. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch
80. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
81. “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Cherokee Proverb
82. “Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.” – Marcus Aurelius
83. “Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do whatever it takes to make it happen.” – Anonymous
84. “You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” – Mary Tyler Moore
85. “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…If you can wait and not be tired by waiting…If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim…If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you…Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.” – Rudyard Kipling
86. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” – Denis Waitley
87. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca
88. “As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
89. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
90. “Tough times don’t define you, they refine you.” – Anonymous
91. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
92. “Struggle is inevitable, suffering is optional.” – Anonymous
93. “The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” – Harry Golden
94. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
95. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” -William Feather
96. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” – Lou Holtz
97. “Success is 99 percent failure.” – Soichiro Honda
98. “There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” – Paulo Coelho
99. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington
100. “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” – Seneca
Final Thoughts
There you have it, some of the most inspirational quotes about life and struggles. We hope they provided you with the encouragement and inspiration to take on the challenges and struggles of life on a day to day basis.
Till next time,
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James Allen, is his masterful book ‘As a Man Thinketh’ uttered many powerful words of wisdom. Words that can help just about anyone improve their lives. And out of all of his words, his self-control is strength quote is one of his best. Here’s the full quote:
“Self-control Is Strength; Right Thought Is Mastery, Calmness Is Power.”
– James allen –
Self-Control and Strength Defined
What is Self-Control? Self-Control is the ability to control oneself, in particular one’s emotions and desires or the expression of them in one’s behavior, especially in difficult situations.[1]
What is Strength? Strength is the quality or state of being physically or [mentally/emotionally] strong.[2]
In case you were wondering how self-control equates to strength, here’s our answer. Self-control is strength, because self-control leads to strength. Good choices (which typically requires self-control) almost always lead to good results.
Whereas bad and lazy choices tend to lead to results that are not as strong or as good as they could be. Bad trees cannot bear good fruits. In other words, weak and lazy thoughts lead to weak and lazy action, which ultimately leads to lazy results.
No doubt, self-control is difficult for many people. But, with practice it becomes easier. The more you employ your self-control, the stronger you’ll get mentally, and if directed towards your health, physically as well.
Why Is The Self-control Is Strength Quote So Powerful?
This quote is particularly powerful, because is it pinpoints a truth that resonates with just about everyone. Every single one of us has had challenges with self-control. And most people know deep down inside, that if they could just find a way to improve their self-control, or their thoughts, things would begin to change for them.
The quote is powerful because it is empowering. It gives us the key to success to finding success in most areas of our lives. The self-control is strength quote lays bare success secrets that anyone can apply and benefit from immediately.
Want to feel and be stronger physically and mentally? Practice your self-control. Yes, it will be hard, and it will take lots of will power. But, it can be done.
Self-control will lead to you exercising more and eating healthier foods. It will also lead you to limiting what you allow in our mind, and to paying attention to how you think, which will lead to stronger thoughts.
Looking to become the master of your own life? Take the helm of your thoughts, and can steer your life in any direction you want it to go. When you take control of your thoughts, you take control of your life.
Want to feel more powerful and in control of your life? Aim for calmness in your actions. Cease reacting to your life’s problems, and to other people. Instead choose to respond to what happens. Calmly respond to your challenges and be slow to respond to people. Respond vs. react in all things.
Self-control is self-empowerment. Improve your self-control and you empower yourself to improve your own life.
Self Control Is Strength
Self-control is strength, and it leads to a higher quality of life, and a key ingredient for finding more success in life. In fact, success and self-control go hand in hand.
“Self-control is strength; right thought is mastery, calmness is power.” – James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
With that said, we highly recommend you learn more about the author of this quote, his book ‘As a Man Thinketh’ is one of the most powerful books ever written and is a must read for anyone interested in becoming more self-reliant, finding more success, and looking to improve the quality of their lives.
Here are a few supporting resources to get your started on your success journey of heightened self-control:
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Personal finance is all about managing your hard earned money. It’s the process of making money, saving money, building wealth and preserving it. So, considering that over 77% of American households have at least some type of debt, we decided to rounded up these insightful quotes about personal finance.[1]
Our hope is that these quotes will not only inspire you to want to become a better money manager, but also give you some hope that financial success is possible for you. So, if you’re ready for a powerful collection of personal finance quotes then let’s dive right in:
BEST QUOTES ABOUT PERSONAL FINANCE
1. “Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” – P.T. Barnum
2. “The best thing money can buy is financial freedom.” – Rob Berger
3. “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until the day you die.” – Warren Buffett
4. “It’s not your salary that makes you rich; it’s you spending habits.” – Charles A. Jaffe
5. “He who buys what he does not need, steals from himself.’ – Swedish proverb
6. “It’s not about having lots of money. It’s about knowing how to manage it.” – Personal Finance Quote
7. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
8. “Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts, our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.” – George S. Clason
9. “You must gain control of your money, or the lack of it will forever control you.” – Dave Ramsey
10. “It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.” – Aesop
Personal Finance Quotes About Making Money
11. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
12. “I’m not trying to make friends, I’m trying to make money.” – Kevin O’Leary
13. “Make your money work so hard for you; so that you don’t have to work for it.” – Napoleon Hill
14. “The way to become rich is to make money, not to save it.” – Kate Chopin
15. “It’s more important to grow your income that cut your expenses. It’s more important to grow your spirit than cut your dreams.’ – Robert Kiyosaki
16. “It’s simple arithmetic: Your income can grow only to the extent you do.” – T. Harv Eker
17. “The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing.” – Carrie Wilkerson
18. “You can make money two ways — make more, or spend less.” – John Hope Byrant
19. “There is a limit to how much you can cut but there is no limit to how much you can earn.” – Ramit Sethi
20. “The more your learn, the more you earn.” – Warren Buffett
Personal Finance Quotes About Saving Money
21. “If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.” – Benjamin Franklin
22. “The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.” – Theodore T. Munger
23. “Save your money and one day your money will save you.” – Personal Finance Quote
24. “One of the most powerful ways to increase your savings isn’t to raise your income. It’s to raise your humility.” – Morgan Housel
25. “Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.” – Abraham Lincoln
26. “Don’t blame your income for the fact that you’re not saving money.” – Ric Edelman
27. “Savings without a mission is garbage. Your money needs to work for you, not lie around.” – Dave Ramsey
28. “The fastest way to double your money is to fold them in half and put them in your pocket.” – Andrew Carnegie
29. “Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.” – Warren Buffett
30. “If you’re saving you’re succeeding.” – Steve Burkholder
Personal Finance Quotes About Building Wealth
31. “The secret to creating lasting financial change is to pay yourself first and then make it automatic.” – David Bach
32. “Your passive income should be greater than your earned income.” – Grant Cardone
33. “The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.” – Warren Buffett
34. “On average, millionaires invest 20% of their household income each year. Their wealth isn’t measured by the amount they make each year, but by how they’ve saved and invested over time.” – Ramit Sethi
35. “When your money makes more than you do, you are officially wealthy.” – Dave Ramsey
36. “The No. 1 thing people can do to increase their wealth is to start a part-time business.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki
37. “Debt is not a tool; it is a method to make banks wealthy, not you.” – Dave Ramsey
38. “Focus on all four of your net worth factors: increasing your income, increasing your savings, increasing your investment returns, and decreasing your cost of living by simplyfing your lifestyle.” – T. Harv Eker
39. “If you want to become wealthy, then you have to find out what the top 5% of people do financially and do the same thing.” – Myron Golden
40. “To build wealth today, you must be in your own business.” – J. Paul Getty
Personal Finance Quotes About Debt
41. “He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” – Benjamin Franklin
42. “Too many people spend money they earned… to buy things they don’t want… to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Rogers
43. “Never spend money before you have it.” – Thomas Jefferson
44. “Pay off your debt first. Freedom from debt is worth more than any amount you can earn.” – Mark Cuban
45. “Debt basically enables people to live a lie.” – Rachel Cruze
46. “A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.” – Publius Syrus
47. “Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open foes. The debt-habit is the twin brother of poverty.” – Theodore T. Munger
48. “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” – Warren Buffett
49. “Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.” – Josh Billings
50. “Bad debt is sacrificing your future day needs for your present day desires.” – Suze Orman
51. “A penny saved is a penny earned.” – Benjamin Franklin
52. “If you’re shrewd enough with small sums of money, I think you can compound pretty well.” – Charlie Munger
53. “If you want to get rich, think of saving as earning.” – Andrew Carnegie
54. “Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.” – John C. Bogle
Bonus Personal Finance Quote
Bonus: Alright, here is one of our favorite quotes on personal finance. We added it as bonus, because we stand behind it, and feel like it will have the most impact on your awareness of money management.
“Money Without Financial Intelligence is Money Soon Gone.”
– robert kiyosaki –
Final Thoughts
Great job making through all of these quotes on personal finance! We don’t doubt that scouring through our extensive list took a fair amount of effort on your part, so big kudos to you. That great news is, by doing you’ve likely upped your financial IQ by a few points.
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That said, we hope you found at lease a handful of these quotes inspiring and moving. But more importantly, we hope they’ve helped you gain a better awareness around sound money management, as well as given you some urgency around tightening up your own personal finances.
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If you’re looking for some motivational or inspiring no excuses quotes, then this page is for you. Before we get into these quotes, this is important to know…
Unsuccessful people almost always have this one habit in common; it’s the habit of making excuses. Some call this malady excusistis, which is a predisposition that leads people search out and find an excuse for just about everything that happens to them. It’s a serious ailment, and it’s the trademark of the unsuccessful person.
“Make Adjustments, Not Excuses.”
But the successful, well, they make little to no excuses. They always find a way. And that’s what we intend to inspire more of on this page. As such, we’re publishing some of most inspiring no excuses quotes. Our hope is that they’ll inspire you to fully embrace the no excuses attitude, and as a result, help you become a more successful person. With that said, let’s dive into this powerful collection of no excuses quotes:
75+ BEST NO EXCUSES QUOTES
1. “You will find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.” – David J. Schwartz
2. “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
3. “Excuses are the lies you convince yourself are true to avoid proving you are worthy of the gift you were given. Say this with me, no more excuses.” – Steve Harvey
4. “It’s easier to go from failure to success, than to go from excuse to success.” – John C. Maxwell
5. “We live in a world where a lot of people need goals, motivation, and a lot of other words to get started. It’s just a big excuse to not get started.” – David Goggins
6. “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interest in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.” – Kenneth Blanchard
7. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” – Kobe Bryant
8. “When you have a goal, you have to do the work. No excuses.” – No Excuses Quote
9. “When you’re good at making excuses, it’s hard to excel at anything else.” – John L. Mason
10. “Excuses are lies wrapped up in reasons.” – Howard Right
11. “Be stronger than your excuses.” – Eric Thomas
12. “People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.” – Laura Schlessinger
13. “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems—not people, to focus your energies on answers — not excuses.” – William Arthur Ward
14. “You can have results or you can have your excuses. You cannot have both.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
15. “Excuses are the currency that allow you to not act.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
16. “Quit making excuses. What we’re really talking about here is commitment. Until you make a commitment to your dream, it’s not a commitment at all. It’s just another fantasy. And fantasies don’t come true because they’re not real, we’re not committed to them. When we make commitments, they become dreams. And dreams are very real.” – Rudy Ruettiger
17. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
18. “No excuses. No explanations.” – Tony Dungy
19. “Don’t make excuses, make changes.” – Les Brown
20. “It’s better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington
21. “A lot of people annoy the hell out of me by not working to their full potential, being lazy and making excuses for their lot in life.” – David Goggins
22. “Good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done.” – Jocko Willink
23. “Every vice has its excuse ready.” – Publilius Syrus
24. “When you are willing to replace mundane excuses with hard work and your laziness with determination, nothing can prevent you from succeeding.” – Prem Jagyasi
25. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
26. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter
27. “I suggest that you become obsessed about the things you want; otherwise, you are going to spend a lifetime being obsessed with making up excuses as to why you didn’t get the life you wanted.” – Grant Cardone
28. “Lazy people are full of excuses and will say anything to avoid taking action.” – Darell Reynolds
29. “I had a mother who would never allow herself to be a victim no matter what happened… Never made excuses, and she never accepted an excuse from us. And if we ever came up with an excuse, she always said, “Do you have a brain?” And if the answer was yes, then she said, “Then you could have thought your way out of it.” – Ben Carson
30. “Excuses are the nails used to build the house of failure.” – Jim Rohn
31. “Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he- she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his- her relevance is meaningless.” – Israelmore Ayivor
32. “Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.” – John Wooden
33. “Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses.” – Brian Tracy
34. “Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.” – Edward R. Murrow
35. “Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.” – Roy T. Bennett
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36. “There are only two options: make progress or make excuses.” – Tony Robbins
37. “If you want to be rich, don’t allow yourself the luxury of excuses.” – Robert Kiyosaki
38. “Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.” – Henry Ward Beecher
39. “An excuse is nothing more than a self-imposed roadblock.” – C.C. Chapman
40. “Winners deliver results. Losers deliver excuses.” – Darren Hardy
41. “If you’re not achieving the results you want; it’s time to put an end to excuses.” – Carthage Buckley
42. “No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing.” – Albert Camus
43. “No one every excused his way to success.” – Dave Del Dotto
44. “No excuses. No apologies. No regrets.” – Brian Kinney
45. “Don’t make excuses — make good.” – Elbert Hubbard
46. “The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It’s time to change. It’s time to live life at a new level.” – Tony Robbins
47. “If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.” – Bruce Nauman
48. “Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.” – John C. Maxwell
49. “When we argue for out limitations we get to keep them.” – Les Brown
50. “Excuses will always be there for you, opportunity won’t.” – Anonymous
51. “Remember, the best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.” – Napoleon Hill
52. “There are no good excuses. There are no good reasons.” – Eric Thomas
53. “Once your excuses are gone, you will simply have to settle for being awesome.” – Lorii Myers
54. “No limbs. No limits. No excuses.” – Nick Vujicic
55. “The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you’d like to live.” – Wayne Dyer
56. “Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.” – Zig Ziglar
57. “Excuses don’t help make things better, they only offer a rationale to avoid trying.” – Simon Sinek
58. “Whatever you want to do, go do it.” – Ray Lewis
59. “When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful.” – DJ Khalid
60. “A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.” – Michael Jordan
61. The death of success begins with a series of symptoms called Excuses.” – Brendon Burchard
62. “If you’re gonna quit anything, quit making excuses.” – Mel Robbins
63. “No excuses. If you haven’t achieved your dreams, it’s your fault.” – Darren Hardy
64. “Success is what comes after your stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza
65. “Excuses are the words coming from the loser in you.” – Robert Kiyosaki
66. “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” – George Washington Carver
67. “It’s not wanting to win that makes you a winner; it’s refusing to fail.” – Peyton Manning
68. “Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don’t blame others or make excuses for yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
69. “Your struggle is not your excuse, it’s your ammunition.” – Chris Gardner
70. “Make adjustments, not excuses.” – Daymond John
71. “I refuse to accept anything less than 100% of what I can achieve.” – Will Smith
72. “Some may have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone working harder than you.” – Lionel Messi
73. “Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands.” – Andy Andrews
74. “Work hard and never make excuses.” – Master P
75. “Luck and destiny are the excuses of the world’s failures.” – Henry Ford
76. “I am not big on excuses.” – Mark Cuban
77. “Make moves or make excuses.” – Anonymous
78. “[Mental Toughness?] It’s no excuses. It’s no whining. No complaining. Did you win or did you lose?” – Tom Brady
79. “The guaranteed success in life formula: 1. Learn to communicate with your actions. No excuses. 2. Learn to listen to people through their actions. No excuses. That’s it.” – Andy Frisella
80. “An excuse is nothing more than a well planned lie.” – Dan Lok
81. “Do no make excuses, whether it’s your fault or not.” – George S. Patton
82. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jen Sincero
83. “You have not excuse for not making six figures. There’s literally no excuse. I don’t care how you grew up, what city your in, what you skin color is, whether your scared or introverted, the answers are there.” – Ryan Pineda
84. “We all have wounds, but you can’t let that be an excuse to sit on the sidelines. Sometimes in life you have to play in pain.” – Joel Olsteen
85. “Get rid of the reason why you can’t do something.” – Lou Holtz
Bonus No Excuses Quote
Bonus: Alright, here is our final No excuses quote to inspire you to kick the habit of excuse making to the curb. It cuts to chase and hits hard, so enjoy.
“Your Excuses Are Nothing More Than The Lies Your Fears Have Sold You.” – Robin Sharma
– robin sharma –
Related: Lame Excuses Unsuccessful People Make
Final Thoughts
We hope you enjoyed this collection of No Excuses quotes. May they inspire you to stop making excuses and start taking action.
Till next time,
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Benjamin Graham is a name you may not recognize if you aren’t familiar with the icons of the investment world, but it is a name that everyone who aspires to build wealth through investing should eventually learn of.
This page is dedicated to some of the most powerful words uttered by the late great Benjamin Graham. In essence, these quotes will convey the heart of Benjamin Graham’s investing philosophy, which is, that one should become the type of investor who replaces guesswork with discipline.
What type of disipline you ask?
Discipline by the way of putting in the work to learn about the company you plan to put your money to work in, discipline by way of taking the time to understand the fundamentals of the financial markets, and most importantly, discipline by way of harnessing the self-control to keep yourself from throwing your hard-earned money towards what’s popular and pulling your money when everyone else is pulling their’s.
So, if you’re looking to gain a little inspiration and learn a few of Benjamin Grahams critical investment lessons, these quotes will do the trick… Enjoy:
25 BEST BENJAMIN GRAHAM QUOTES
1. “To enjoy a reasonable chance for continued better than average results, the investor must follow policies which are (1) inherently sound and promising, and (2) not popular on Wall Street.” – Benjamin Graham
2. “He will take the big rise not as a danger signal of inevitable fall, not as a chance to cash in on his handsome profits, but rather as a vindication of the inflation hypothesis and as a reason to keep on buying common stocks no matter how high the market level nor how low the dividend return. That way lies sorrow.” – Benjamin Graham
3. “An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis promises safety of principle and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative.” – Benjamin Graham
4. “The markets will most brutally surprise the very people who are most certain that their views about the future are right.” – Benjamin Graham
5. “Be sure it is yours before you go into it.” – Benjamin Graham
6. “Few people seem to have been bothered by the thought that the very extent of the rise might indicate that it had been overdone.” – Benjamin Graham
7. “The rate of return sought should be dependent, rather, on the amount of intelligent effort the investor is willing and able to bring bear on his task.” – Benjamin Graham
8. “In the end each one must make his own decision and accept responsibility therefor. We suggest, however, that if the investor is in doubt as to which course to pursue he should choose the path of caution.” – Benjamin Graham
9. “Long experience has demonstrated that the ordinary investor is wiser to keep away from such high yield bonds. While taken as a whole, they may work out somewhat better in terms of overall return than the firs quality issues, they expose the owner to too many individual risks of untoward developments, ranging from disquieting price declines to actual default.” – Benjamin Graham
10. “The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.” – Benjamin Graham
Inspiring Ben Graham Quotes For Investing
11. “A serious investor is not likely to believe that the day-to-day or even month-to-month fluctuations of the stock market make him richer or poorer” – Benjamin Graham
12. “The investor who permits himself to be stampeded or unduly worried by unjustified market declines in his holdings is perversely transforming his basic advantage into a basic disadvantage.” – Benjamin Graham
13. “Nothing important on Wall Street can be counted on to occur exactly in the same way as it happened before.” – Benjamin Graham
14. “While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster.” – Benjamin Graham
15. “Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.” – Benjamin Graham
This next section of quotes are derived solely from Benjamin Graham’s book, The Intelligent Investor. Enjoy!
16. “The intelligent investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” – Benjamin Graham
17. “The investors chief problem — and even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.”
18. “But investing isn’t about beating others at their game. It’s about controlling yourself at your own game.” – Benjamin Graham
19. “If you are shopping for common stocks, choose the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.” – Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor Quotes
20. “A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.” – Benjamin Graham
21. “The memory of the financial community is proverbially and distressingly short.” – Benjamin Graham
22. “The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable willpower to keep from following the crowd.” – Benjamin Graham
23. “The essence of investment management is the management of risk, not the management of returns.” – Benjamin Graham
24. “A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with an underlying value that does not depend on its share price.” – Benjamin Graham
25. “Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything.” – Benjamin Graham
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Bonus Benjamin Graham Quote
Here’s one last quote that we’d like to leave you with, it is worthy of much deliberation, and if followed, it may just help you positively transform your financial situation. Here it is:
“The Intelligent Investor Should Recognize That Market Panics Can Create Great Prices For Good Companies And Good Prices For Great Companies.”
– benjamin graham
Final Thoughts
There you have it, some of the most powerful Benjamin Graham quotes on the web. These quotes will surely improve your luck in the markets. And without a doubt, help you become the intelligent investor you can become.
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Too many people live limited lives, full of struggle, and rife with feelings of there never being enough. They hold on dearly to a toxic view of the world, one that believes everything is a zero sum game. Meaning, they think that the only way they’ll ever win, is if someone else loses. These people, which are most people, believe that opportunities are few and far between. They see success a luck, and themselves as failures, and maintain a way of thinking that has come to be known as a scarcity mindset.
But, their fates are not sealed. Especially if they learn how to change their way of thinking. That said, we’ve decided to pull together a handful of some of the best scarcity mindset quotes to help anyone who thinks their suffering from one.
Our hope is that these quotes will inspire and encourage anyone who has a scarcity mindset to shift into the type of mindset required to see and experience abundance 24/7/365. So, if you’re ready to be inspired to let go of your scarcity mindset, let’s dive into these scarcity mindset quotes:
SCARCITY MINDSET QUOTES
1. “There’s no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.” – Wayne Dyer
2. “Your scarcity mindset is keeping you poor in spite of hard work.” – Anonymous
3. “The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.” – Marianne Willamson
4. “People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the success, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to… rather than detracts from… our lives.” – Steven Covey
5. “Abundance and lack are always both present, and we get the one we focus on.” – Myron Golden
6. “Abundance comes in many forms, do not limit your abundance by trying to control how it will flow, just know that it will come.” – Shelly Sullivan
7. “You will continue to have financial problems until you change your mental images. You are thinking about, talking about, and picturing financial lack, and your mind is producing what you are imaging. Change your images and think, talk and picture plenty and you shall have it.’ – Catherine Ponder
8. “Let us be done with thinking of poverty as a virtue. It is a common vice. If you have been living in financial lack and limitation, you have literally been living in vice. That, too, is the shocking truth about prosperity. But you need not continue living in financial vice. There is a way out.” – Catherine Ponder
9. “To feel obligated to finish all of your food is to be living with a mindset of scarcity. It is the little things from our childhood that have the longest impact.” – Isaac Mashman
10. “Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.” – Eric Butterworth
11. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Tony Robbins
12. “Those who have an abundance mindset are far more likely to be happy with their lives and to achieve their goals than are those who have a scarcity mindset.” – Mike Cernovich
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13. “Many people fail at upping their game in life, because they are constantly in a tug of war between the scarcity mindset of where they currently are and the growth mindset of where they want to go.” – Raj Girn
14. “If you decide that you will be poor, there’s nothing I can do, you’re gonna be poor. If you decide to be rich today, who going stop you, who? If you decide you want to be rich, all you got to do is start.” – Steve Harvey
15. “Abundance is about being rich, with or without money.” – Suzie Orman
16. “The first step towards discarding a scarcity mentality involves giving thanks for everything that you have.” – Wayne Dyer
17. “Expect an abundance. The stream of plenty always flows towards the open mind.” – Bob Proctor
18. “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.” – Warren Buffett
19. “While abundance is often associated with money, it’s not limited to financial thoughts. It shows up in every thought you think. Thoughts you have like, “things aren’t going my way,” “why is this happening to me?” Which can lead to even more fearful, scarcity thoughts.” – Jessica Dowches-Wheeler
20. “Your fortune is grown from the inside out.” – Anonymous
21. “Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” – Steve Maraboli
22. “Most people, particularly in the corporate world, have been conditioned to have a scarcity mentality. It’s no wonder when promotions and raises are scarce, resources are limited, managers hoard information, micromanagement abounds, and generally, short-term thinking is the norm.” – Caroline Castrillion
23. “If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.” – T. Harv Eker
24. “What you focus on you create more of, so if the plan is to get rich, you’re gonna want to focus on abundance as much as possible. Give as much as you can as often as you can, receive with gratitude and joy, think of money as your pal, raise your frequency and get in the flow, yo.” – Jen Sincero
25. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
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26. “Scarcity comes from insecurity. Prosperity is a result of audacity.” – Robin Sharma
27. “The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are.” – Mother Teresa
28. “The basic economic resource—the means of production—is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor. It is and will be knowledge.” – Peter Drucker
29. “The Dip creates scarcity; scarcity creates value.” – Seth Godin
30. “Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket.” – Pharell Williams
31. “No complaint… is more common than that of a scarcity of money.” – Adam Smith
32. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
33. “A scarcity mentality sees limitations instead of opportunities.” – Caroline Castrillon
34. “An infinite mindset embraces abundance whereas a finite mindset operates with a scarcity mentality.” – Simon Sinek
35. “The cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking.” – Alan Cohen
36. “No one ever got rich by studying poverty and thinking about poverty.” – Wallace D. Wattles
37. “Only by thinking prosperity and abundance can you realize the abundant, prosperous life.” – O.S. Marden
38. “Gratitude is the bridge between scarcity and contentment, and between abundance and fulfillment; fostering peace while inspiring growth.” – Aloo Denish Obiero
Final Thoughts
There you have it, a handful of scarcity mindset quotes to help you crush yours. If you’re not sure if these quotes are working as intended, go back to the top of the page and look at the featured image.
If you see a dry barren desert, devoid of life and resources, then your scarcity mindset is still likely intact. However, if instead you see a vast landscape of awe-inspiring beauty, and a desert of infinite potential and wonders, then you’re on the right track. Your mindset is definitely leaning towards abundance.
That said, we hope you experienced the latter. If not, bookmark this page and come back often to read these and our other mindset altering quotes, and check out some of our other mindset related resources on our site.
Till your achieve your abundant aims,
STRIVE
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