“If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
More from Thomas Edison on Motivation
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”
Others on Motivation
Arthur C. Clarke
4 quotes“The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible”
Jim Rohn
4 quotes“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.”
Richard Bach
3 quotes“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however...”
Horace
3 quotes“Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.)”
Walt Disney
3 quotes“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.”
Dr. Seuss
3 quotes“Only you can control your future.”
Zig Ziglar
2 quotes“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”
Audrey Hepburn
2 quotes“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!”
Barack Obama
2 quotes“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are...”
Gordon B. Hinckley
2 quotes“I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass...”
Dante
2 quotes“When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a litt...”
Charles Bukowski
2 quotes“Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I ha...”