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It’s like Zig Ziglar said, “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” That’s what we do: daily immersion in motivational quotes and positive mindset because it doesn’t just make a difference, it makes a world of difference.

Don’t Dither, Just Do

Don’t argue with yourself. Don’t make excuses. Just do that which you know you should do in order to be as you wish to be, and behold the wonders that unfold.

When we stop resisting doing the work that compels us, doors of possibility open up to us. Even if there are roadblocks, even if there are challenges and struggles, as surely there will be, what opens up to us is our own inner power of potential and the momentum of progress.

Immersion Over Diversion

Immersion is the way. If you’re learning to do anything new, including developing a new attitude and mindset, it’s absolutely doable with practice. Developing a positive mindset and taking action toward your dreams is simply a matter of daily practice.

Creating daily is about creativity and art, pursuit of passion and purpose and, it’s about creating the life you want to live by the actions you take and the choices you make.

When you decide to change and take daily action in that direction, motivation follows.

Don’t wait for motivation, create it. Reading, saying and practicing the concepts and wisdom in motivational quotes is just one tool to reinforce your resolve and help keep your thoughts positive and focused on what you can do, not on what you can’t.

Set a daily goal, get it done, then set another. You will find the motivation in the doing… in the process.

Motivational Quotes

Action and Motivational Quotes

“Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.”
~Jerome Bruner, Harvard psychologist, author, 1915–2016

“Pierce the pall of procrastination with progress. Don’t dither, don’t doubt, don’t dawdle and deliberate… just do.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

“Just pick. Nothing is ever going to feel like a magic answer. Nothing… Nothing.”
~Tom Bilyeu, cofounder Quest Nutrition & Impact Theory, b.3/30/1976

“We’re drowning in information and we’re starving for motivation.”
~Jamie Wheal, Executive Director of the Flow Genome project

“Carpe Momentum! Seize the moment! Don’t wait another day to embark on the journey of doing work that matters to you. Start wherever you are, and work it daily.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com

“You don’t need to fake it until you make it… you need to make it until you make it.”
~Chase Jarvis, founder-CreativeLive, author

Achievement and Motivation Quotes

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”
~Napoleon Hill, author of long time bestseller Think and Grow Rich

Affirmations and Mantras for Motivation

MOTIVATIONAL AFFIRMATIONS:
☀ I am eager to wake up early and get to work on my dreams.
? I jump out of bed eager to seize the day!
⭐️ I’m excited about the miracle of today.
? I contribute positivity, enthusiasm, and love to everything I do and everyone I meet.
~iCreateDaily.com®

Relentless” is Everette Taylor’s mantra.
“I’ve always had this relentless mentality. If I fail it just motivates me even more. I don’t accept failure at all. It’s always been in my heart to not give up.”
~Everette Taylor, from homeless to millionaire serial entrepreneur, b.6/23/1989

SOURCE: Impact Theory

Change and Motivational Quotes

“To change our state of life requires that we change our state of mind.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com

Comparison and Competition Quotes

“Comparison is only good if it makes you want to do better.”
~Jason Silva, futurist, philosopher, filmmaker, b.2/6/1982)

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
~Henry Van Dyke, American author, educator, clergyman, 1852-1933

Create Daily and Motivation

Creating restores the weary soul and replenishes the giver’s heart. Whatever creative outlet you love, do that. Often.
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com

“In creating small things on a daily basis, you’ve just made something, and in the making of something even in that small way…it’s the same muscle we use to make our life.”
~Chase Jarvis, founder-CreativeLive, author

Decisions and Motivational Quotes

When you decide to change and take daily action in that direction, motivation follows.
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Discipline and Motivation Quotes

The center of bringing any dream to fruition is self-discipline.
~Will Smith, actor, entertainer, entrepreneur

BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE*

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

~By Douglas Malloch, poet, story & song writer, editor, 1877-1938
*Excerpted from full poem which you can see at the end of this article

Goals and Motivational Quotes

“Set a daily goal, get it done, then set another. You will find the motivation in the doing… in the process.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Hard Things and Motivation Quotes

The hardest things lead to the best results.
~Gary Vaynerchuk, entrepreneur, b.11/14/1975

Fear and Motivation Quotes

“Most entrepreneurs I know don’t let fear control them, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have fear.”
~Lauren Farleigh, founder-DoteShopping.com

“You do not need permission to shine.” 
~LeAura Alderson, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Follow Your Heart Quotes

“Follow your heart and breath your dreams to life daily.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

“Follow your heart. Don’t let the shadow of regret nibble away at the sunshine in your heart.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

“You can suck at photography and love it… and why wouldn’t that be enough?”
~Chase Jarvis, founder CreativeLive, author, with Tom Bilyeu-Impact Theory

SOURCE: Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu

“Follow the highest vibrations of your heart and your life will be transformed.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Gratitude and Motivational Quotes

“Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.”
~Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author & motivational speaker

Habits and Motivational Quotes

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
~Jim Ryun, American politician and track and field athlete

Hard Things and Motivational Quotes

“If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.”
~David Goggins, endurance athlete, author, retired Navy SEAL & Air Force, b.2/17/1975

“In what world do we not work every day?”
~Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Actor, Director, Producer, Entrepreneur 

“By me running, i’m callusing my mind. I’m not training for a race. I’m training for life.”
~David Goggins, endurance athlete, speaker, author, retired Navy SEAL & Air Force, b.2/17/1975

“You’re never actually pre-qualified to do something amazing. 
You’re never prequalified to live big dreams.
You’re never qualified to pursue big goals.
It’s actually the load that carries… that thing that transforms you.”
~Benjamin Hardy, psychologist, author, speaker

SOURCE: TEDx re:The Pygmalion effect

Immersion and Motivational Quotes

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
~Zig Ziglar, American author, motivational speaker, salesman, 1926-2012

Leadership and Motivation Quotes

“All great leaders must first lead themselves.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Mindset and Motivation Quotes

“To change our state of life requires that we change our state of mind.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Motivation Quotes

“Motivation follows action.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com ®

Obsession and Motivational Quotes

“If you’re not obsessed, you’re not going to win.”
~Tom Bilyeu, Quest Nutrition & Impact Theory

Passion and Purpose Quotes

“When am I going to lead a purpose driven life… when?” 
~Daniel Pink, multiple times best selling author, 7/23/1964

SOURCE: A Whole New Mind

Positive Thinking and Motivational Quotes

“I automatically think about the best possible outcome of any given thing I do.”
~Brendon Burchard, high performance coach, author, speaker, b.2/18/1977

Procrastination and Motivation Quotes

“Procrastination is a burden that bashes dreams. Push excuses away with boldness, and you will become emboldened. Progress is power.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

“Pierce the pall of procrastination with progress. Don’t dither, don’t doubt, don’t dawdle and deliberate… just do.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Regret and Motivational Quotes

“Follow your highest aspirations. Don’t let the shadow of regret nibble away at the sunshine in your heart.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Struggles Quotes

“The struggles that challenge you are the barbells that strengthen you.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

Success and Motivational Quotes

“This burden on your shoulders can become the stepping stones in your journey.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com ®

My load allowed my success to become inevitable.
~Benjamin Hardy, psychologist, author, b.1989

SOUCE: The Pygmalion effect – TEDx Orlando

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
~Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian polymath, theologian, author, philosopher, physician, 1875-1965

GOOD TIMBER
 
The tree that never had to fight
     For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
     And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
     But lived and died a scrubby thing.
 
The man who never had to toil
     To gain and farm his patch of soil,
Who never had to win his share
     Of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man
     But lived and died as he began.
 
Good timber does not grow with ease,
     The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
The further sky, the greater length,
     The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
     In trees and men good timbers grow.
 
Where thickest lies the forest growth
     We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
     Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife.
     This is the common law of life.

~By Douglas Malloch, poet, story & song writer, editor, 1877-1938

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