{"id":4804,"date":"2014-01-21T21:39:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2014-01-21T21:40:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T02:40:29","slug":"great-quotes-to-inspire-and-motivate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4804","title":{"rendered":"Great quotes to inspire and motivate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4805\" alt=\"Twitter-Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Twitter-Logo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Twitter-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Twitter-Logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Twitter-Logo.png 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Join our By George conversation on Twitter and receive daily tweets to inspire and motivate you &#8211; like these 25 favourite quotes from the past few weeks. Follow us <a title=\"By George on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByGeorgeJournal\" target=\"_blank\">@ByGeorgeJourna<\/a>l. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, &amp; grow brave by reflection.- Thomas Paine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. &#8211; Benjamin Franklin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If you love life, don&#8217;t waste time. Time is what life is made up of. &#8211; Bruce Lee<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. &#8211; Jim Rohn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. &#8211; Norman Vincent Peale<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. &#8211; Benjamin Franklin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. &#8211; Paul Bryant<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. &#8211; Jim Rohn <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. &#8211; Samuel Butler<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. &#8211; Marcus Aurelius <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If a man does his best, what else is there? -George Patton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Don&#8217;t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can&#8217;t cross a chasm in 2 small jumps. &#8211; David Lloyd George<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. \u2013 Bukowski<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Be happy in the moment, that\u2019s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. &#8211; Mother Teresa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without. &#8211; Henry David Thoreau<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If you know the why, you can live any how. &#8211; Friedrich Nietzsche<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">The highest reward for a man&#8217;s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. &#8211; John Ruskin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. &#8211; Benjamin Disraeli<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If it doesn&#8217;t challenge you, it doesn&#8217;t change you. &#8211; Fred DeVito<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">To succeed is to accept the world as it is and rise above it. \u2013 Michael Korda<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at. &#8211; Bruce Lee<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. &#8211; Phillips Brooks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. &#8211; John Irving<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Any idiot can face a crisis \u2013 it\u2019s day to day living that wears you out. &#8211; Anton Chekhov<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Wherever you are \u2013 be all there. &#8211; Jim Elliot<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Follow <a title=\"By George on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByGeorgeJournal\" target=\"_blank\">@ByGeorgeJournal<\/a> for more inspirational and motivational musings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join our By George conversation on Twitter and receive daily tweets to inspire and motivate you &#8211; like these 25 favourite quotes from the past few weeks. 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