A great quote can be a lifetime of experience summed up into one line. Great quotes are possibly the most valuable gifts we receive from those who have come before us…from those who have walked the path. It sums up their experiences briefly and powerfully.
If you’re in the right frame of mind, a powerful quote can help you WAKE UP. A great quote can instantly transform your view of yourself—and your view of reality.
Really, the best time to read a quote or two is right after you wake up. Just a few simple lines can get you in the right mental mind frame to conquer your day. Instead of brushing your teeth and putting in your contacts thinking about what issues or challenges you may be having, take a few moments to consider a powerful quote you just read. Consider how you can apply that quote to your life. By the time you hop into your car to go to the office, you’ll be pumped and ready to get to work!
Here are some thought-provoking quotes that your SGI team recently found:
- Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. —Napoleon Hill
- Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. —Steve Jobs
- Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. —Albert Einstein
- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost
- The common question that gets asked in business is, “Why?” That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, “Why not?” —Jeffrey Bezos
- You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. —Wayne Gretzky
- I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. —Michael Jordan
- Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. —Babe Ruth
- Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. —W. Clement Stone
- Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. —John Lennon
- We become what we think about. —Earl Nightingale
- Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. —Mark Twain
- Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. —John Maxwell
- If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. —Tony Robbins
- The mind is everything. What you think you become. —Buddha
- The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. —Chinese Proverb
- An unexamined life is not worth living. —Socrates
- Eighty percent of success is showing up. —Woody Allen
- Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. —Napoleon Hill
- Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. —Vince Lombardi
Consider buying a book of quotes by influential people and setting it by your bedside. Or instead, there are ways you can have impactful quotes sent to your phone each day. Or simply, just hop online for a few minutes and search—it won’t take you long to find volumes of great quotes that can make you think, reflect, and excite you about the day. The better your mental mindset, the more successful you will be.