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Quotes have always been a source of motivation and inspiration for me. They remind me that success can be mine and I can achieve my dream of long term weight loss maintenance. Hopefully one (or more!) of these will help you on your journey, too.

• Whatever we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. - Samuel Johnson

• No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back. - Turkish Proverb

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson

I may not amount to much, but at least I am unique. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (I really liked this one as it reminded me that even though I may not have my name in lights, have a college degree, or discovered a cure for some illness, I'm still important to the world!)

Go as far as you can see.  When you get there, you will be able to see further. - Thomas Carlyle

• You can have a fresh start any moment you choose. - Mary Pickford

• You have to have confidence in your ability and then be tough enough to follow through. - Rosalyn Carter

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win. - Margaret Thatcher

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. - Anonymous

Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. - Les Brown

• Life is an opportunity; benefit from it. Life is a beauty; admire it. Life is a dream; realize it. Life is a challenge; meet it. Life is a duty; complete it. Life is a game; play it. Life is a promise; fulfill it. Life is sorrow; overcome it. Life is a song; sing it. Life is a struggle; accept it. Life is a tragedy; confront it. Life is an adventure; dare it. Life is luck; make it. Life is life; fight for it. - Mother Teresa

• Nothing is standing in your way but yourself. - Anonymous

If you don't start today, you won't finish tomorrow. - Anonymous

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity.  An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Anonymous

Scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so wonderful. - Anonymous

I can is 100 times more important than IQ. - Anonymous

• Success is a state of mind. - Anonymous

• Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men (and women!) who kept on working. - Anonymous

• "Not now" fast becomes "never." - Anonymous

• Worrying about yesterday's failures means today's successes will be few and far between. - Anonymous

• Lord, I'm not where I want to be.  Lord, I'm not where I could be.  Lord, I'm not where I should be.  But thank You, Lord, that I'm not where I was. - Fr. Leo Sabourin

• There is a choice you have to make in everything you do.  And you must always keep in mind, the choice you make, makes YOU.  - Anonymous

• There are two primary choices in life:  to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. - Denis Waitley

• A year from now you'll wish you started today. - Unknown

• Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine

• One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. - Unknown

• Success is the proper utilization of failure. - Unknown

• Always have the courage to want the very best for yourself. - Unknown

• Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. - Babe Ruth

• Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more wisely. - Henry Ford

• If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. - Unknown

• You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. - Charles F. Kettering

• The beginning is always today. - Matthew Arnold

• When in doubt - do without! - Hofni Samuel

• Remove failure as an option. - Unknown

• If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got. - Unknown

• Failure isn't falling down but staying down. - Mary Pickford

• You never really lose until you quit trying. - Unknown

• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France

• All things are difficult before they are easy. - Dr. Thomas Fuller

• You always pass failure on the way to success. - Mickey Rooney

• Success is not something you wait for; it is something you work for. - Unknown

• I'm not where I want to be; but I'm not where I was. - Angela Farley

• I haven't failed; I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. - Albert Einstein

• If it's to be, it's up to me. - Unknown

• Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier

• To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. - William Shakespeare

• Success will be waiting for you.  The only thing you have to do is admit to yourself you are capable of achieving it. - Unknown

• Persistence - not perfection - is the key to success. - Angela Farley

• Always have the courage to want the best for yourself. - Unknown

• Make a success of living by seeing the goal and aiming for it unswervingly. - Cecil B. DeMille

• There are only two choices - make progress or make excuses. - Ellen Mikesele

• Between yesterday's regrets and tomorrow's dreams is today's opportunity. - Unknown

• In order to succeed, we must first believe we can. - Michael Korda

• Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. - Kenny Rogers

• Whenever you cling to the past, you become unavailable to the present. - Unknown

• In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein

Every attempt was made to give proper credit to the author of the quotes noted above.  If you find anything that may be incorrect, kindly advise and I will research to be certain the proper author is noted.

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