Motivational Quotes: 25 Great Ones You ’ve Never Heard Of

As I was trawling some motivational quotes the other day it struck me how many amazing ones there were that I was previously unaware of. So I thought it would be cool to collate the best for your perusal. Now, of course, I realize that you may well have heard of one or two, but I genuinely hadn’t (except one). So, please don’t give me a hard time or point out that you knew 18 out of 20 and thus I’m a philistine and deserve a damn good thrashing. 25 Great Motivational Quotes You’ve Never Heard Of 1. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him – David Brinkley Too many people when coming under attack crumble when instead they could view that attack/criticism as a way to grow and mature and come back stronger. Brinkley nails this aspect. 2. Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure – George Edward Woodberry You know that, right? Trying and failing sucks, but never trying because you were scared of failure sucks about a gazillion times more. Don’t fear failure. 3. If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it – W. C. Fields This may almost seem anti-motivational, but it really isn’t. Sometimes we have to accept that we are on the wrong path and no amount of forging forward will help. Sometimes we just have bad ideas that need dumping. 3b. Any change, even a change for the better, is ...
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