It’s 2013! And there’s nothing like starting it with a renewed determination and an attitude to make it your year of success and happy returns.
The previous year may have been tough or easy for you, but in either case, the beginning of this year gives you an opportunity to review what happened over the past 365 days. You should be able to learn from the challenges thrown at you and build on the accomplishments you had.
Here are 20 of the most inspiring quotes that will give you a fresh outlook in life and career this New Year.
1. Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. – Leon J. Suenes
2. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
3. Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. – Orison Swett Marden
4. A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience. – Elbert Hubbard
5. Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats. – A. Branson Alcott
6. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. – Vince Lombardi
7. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. – Theodore Roosevelt
8. Storms make oaks take roots. – Proverb
9. Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice and need. – Voltaire
10. The best way out is always through. – Robert Frost
11. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. – William B. Sprague
12. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller
14. Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands. – Japanese Proverb
15. Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. – Benjamin Disraeli
16. That which does not kill you makes you stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche
17. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese Proverb
18. If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up some place else. – Yogi Berra
19. To reach a port, we must sail—Sail, not tie at anchor—Sail, not drift. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
20. Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. – Seneca
So, which of these are your favorites?
Quotes do inspire us. When faced with difficulties, it is easy to think on the words of our favorite personality. Words have a way of guiding us through a situation; they may provide ideas on how to solve a problem or simply give courage.
But remember: words only motivate us, but they won’t lead us to the doors of success unless we make the effort to get ourselves there.
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