Motivating Words

Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.
Sophocles

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu

Industry is the parent of success.
Spanish Proverb

Thought is the seed of action.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Persian Proverb

You must know for which harbor you are headed if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.
Seneca

Lots of things that couldn't be done have been done.
Charles Auston Bates

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Edward Gibbon

They can conquer who believe they can.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.
A. P. Stanley

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare