12 Thought Provoking Quotes - Quote ‘N’ Grow Rich
October 13, 2008
Quote and Grow Rich.
Here’s 12 potentially life changing quotes, most of which are from the last century. Open your mind and absorb these 12 motivational quotes like a sponge and see how your life can alter for the best.
Motivational Quote 1:
“My Mother said to me, If you become a soldier you’ll be a general, if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the Pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”
Pablo Picasso - (1881-1973) - Spanish Painter and Sculptor
Motivational Quote 2:
“Some Men see things as they are and say “Why?”. I dream things that never were and say Why not?”
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Critic and Social Reformer
Motivational Quote 3:
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) - New Zealand Mountaineer and First man to Climb Mt. Everest
Motivational Quote 4:
“There is only one success - to be able to live your life your own way.”
Christopher Morley (1890-1957) - American Novelist and Journalist
Motivational Quote 5:
“To loves one’s self is the beginning of a life-long romance”
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) - Irish Born English Poet, playwright and Novelist
Motivational Quote 6:
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”
Ralph Emerson (1803-1882) - American Poet, Essayist, Philosopher
Motivational Quote 7:
“When one person believes he can and another person believes he can’t, they are both right.”
Henry Ford (1863-1947) - American Industrialist
Motivational Quote 8:
“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.”
Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) - Lawyer and Diplomat
Motivational Quote 9:
“As a man thinketh so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - American Poet, Essayist and Philosopher
Motivational Quote 10:
“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”
George Eliot - Pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) - English Novelist
Motivational Quote 11:
“Knowledge of what it possible is the beginning of happiness.”
George Santayana (1863-1952) - Spanish-born American Philosopher, Poet, Novelist and Critic
Motivational Quote 12:
” A thought is often original, though you have uttered in a hundred times. It has come to you over a new route, by a new and express train of associations. ”
Oliver Wendall Holmes, SR (1809-1894) - American Physician, Professor, Man of Letters
“Dedicated to kicking your ass until you succeed!”
Warmly
Trevor ‘ToeCracker’ Crook
PS. Share these quotes with people you care about. You never know how one simple quote may impact someone’s life so quickly.







“it is not what I think that matters but what I do” Susanne F
Motivation pushes you down the track you’re on. Education ensures you are on the right track.
Never stop learning… ever.
Very motivating quotes. I am also a quotes enthusiast!
I wrote a post titled
Inspirational Quotes To Get You Through The Toughest Of Days
http://www.theenhancelife.com/2008/09/inspirational-quotes-to-get-you-through.html
I think I live by this one a lot:
“When one person believes he can and another person believes he can’t, they are both right”
12 excellent motivational quotes. This is something that most of us should be aware of: “What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”
Thanks for the great quotes. I love a good quote and some of these are as good as they get. I think that the key to all these people is that they lived their lives as the quote states.
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This is an amazing set of quotes i might add
good post
I really love this quote it just turns me on whenever I’m scared to try sumthing………”DO THE THING YOU FEAR AND MAKE YOUR FEAR DISAPPEAR”!!!
Knowledge is not power, the use of knowledge is where power lies
Thinking and Planning does not fetch results, but Implementation does that.
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