Happy Wednesday!

It’s time for some of the best Wednesday gym quotes to get you through the rest of the week!

So, it’s hump day again.

You may have already worked out twice this week. Or you may still be trying to find the motivation to get started on your fitness goals. Whatever stage you’re at in your fitness journey, motivational quotes can help you get going.

Some of the quotes below are motivational fitness quotes. Others are just a great way to help you foster a positive mindset. We all struggle with negative emotions and low energy levels occasionally. Sometimes, we need some help to get through the rest of the week. I hope you find a good workout quote in the 200 inspirational quotes below, something that will give you a positive attitude and a reason to stay on the right track.

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Bruce Lee

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” – Bruce Lee

“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.” – Bruce Lee

“Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.” – Bruce Lee

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.” – Bruce Lee

Kevin Hart

“There is no need to seek external approval when you already have internal approval.” – Kevin Hart

“The best tip I could give you is to be active. So many people talk about what they want to do and they just love words. Put actions behind your words. Don’t be a talker, be a doer.” – Kevin Hart 

“Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.” – Kevin Hart

“I feel like whatever you’ve done in your career, good or bad, it’s nothing but preparation for the big events to come.” – Kevin Hart

“Every experience is a potential life lesson. Even if you don’t appreciate it at the time, each struggle in the present is preparing you for something else in the future.” – Kevin Hart

Colin Powell

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell

“Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.” – Colin Powell

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” – Colin Powell

“In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say, ‘We have a problem, let’s go and get it.'” – Colin Powell

“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves.” – Colin Powell

Joe Montana

“Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first.  They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true.  There is, I believe, no other way to live.” – Joe Montana

“When it comes to performance, in sports or business, if we don’t have confidence that we’re going to complete a pass or make that big sale, the chances of our doing so are not good.  We will have defeated ourselves before we even get into the game.” – Joe Montana

“Confidence is the belief you have in your own ability.  The size of your confidence determines the size of your success.  The more confident you are, the more success you will tend to have.” – Joe Montana

“I don’t live in the past.  I just live in the enjoyment of the game.” – Joe Montana

“My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana, brought me along and taught me to never to quit and to strive to be the best.” – Joe Montana

Hank Aaron

“Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.” – Hank Aaron

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” – Hank Aaron

“I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That’s when you’ve got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing’s a joke to me. I don’t feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.” – Hank Aaron

“You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you’re gonna be hurt, or you’re gonna rest or you’re gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.” – Hank Aaron

“In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing.” – Hank Aaron

Steph Curry

“Being a superstar means you’ve reached your potential, and I don’t think I’ve reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.” – Stephen Curry

“We have to have the mentality that we have to work for everything we’re going to get.” – Steph Curry

“I’m not the guy who’s afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that.” – Stephen Curry

“I can get better. I haven’t reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.” – Stephen Curry

“Success is born out of faith, an undying passion, and a relentless drive.” – Stephen Curry

Michael Jordan

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan

“I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” – Michael Jordan

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

“If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.” – Michael Jordan

Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“When you have a well developed body and you’re confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mahatma Gandhi

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

William Shakespeare

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” – William Shakespeare

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on.” – William Shakespeare

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” – William Shakespeare

Steven Pressfield

“The more important a call or action to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” – Steven Pressfield

“Grandiose fantasies are a symptom of Resistance. They’re the sign of an amateur. The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work.” – Steven Pressfield

“The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment.” – Steven Pressfield

“All that counts is that, for this day, for this session, I have overcome resistance.” – Steven Pressfield

“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us.” – Steven Pressfield

Muhammad Ali

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

“I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”–Muhammad Ali

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – Muhammad Ali

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammd Ali

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” – Muhammd Ali

Vince Lombardi

“Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment.” –Vince Lombardi

“Success demands singleness of purpose.” – Vince Lombardi

“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” – Vince Lombardi

“It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.” – Vince Lombardi

“The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.” – Vince Lombardi

Benjamin Franklin

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

“He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.” – Benjamin Franklin

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin

Derek Jeter

“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter

“I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.” – Derek Jeter

“Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.” – Derek Jeter

“The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.” – Derek Jeter

“We just want to win. That’s the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don’t really reflect on what we’ve done in the past. We focus on the present.” – Derek Jeter

Henry Ford

“Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” – Henry Ford

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.” – Henry Ford

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford

“There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” – Henry Ford

“To do more for the world than the world does for you – that is success.” – Henry Ford

Jack Dempsey

“The best way to predict your future is to create it,”  – Jack Dempsey

“Don’t let the fear of getting knocked down keep you from stepping into the ring,” – Jack Dempsey

Malcolm Gladwell

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.” – Malcolm Gladwell

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” – Malcolm Gladwell

“No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.” – Malcolm Gladwell

“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That’s it. And what’s more, the people at the very top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.” – Malcolm Gladwell

“I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don’t work. People don’t rise from nothing….It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t.” – Malcolm Gladwell

Dwayne Johnson

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson

“If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied.” – Dwayne Johnson

“I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.” – Dwayne Johnson

“We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can’t.” – Dwayne Johnson 

“You don’t need directions, just point yourself to the top and go!” – Dwayne Johnson

Wayne Gretzky

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.” – Wayne Gretzky

“I wasn’t naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that’s the way I’ll be as a coach.” Wayne Gretzky

“I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.” Wayne Gretzky

“People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.” Wayne Gretzky

Lebron James

“This is a job and we want to have fun. But it’s a job and we should look like we’re going to work.” – Lebron James

“Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.” – Lebron James

“Warren Buffett told me once always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don’t go back on it.” – Lebron James

“People will hate you, rate you, shake you, and break you. But how strong you stand is what makes you.” – Lebron James

“I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There are always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.” – Lebron James

Jim Rohn

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” — Jim Rohn

“Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.” – Jim Rohn

“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”- Jim Rohn

John Maxwell

“The problems look too big for us to tackle. We say to ourselves, “What can I do? I’m just one person.” One person is a start. One person can act and make a change by helping another.” – John Maxwell

“Action is what converts human dreams into significance.” – John Maxwell

“One of the great ironies of life is that if you give up your life, you gain it. If you help others, you benefit. If you lose yourself, you find yourself.” – John Maxwell

“Only by managing my thinking and shifting my thoughts from desire to deeds would I be able to bring about positive change. I needed to go from wanting to doing.” – John Maxwell

“To be significant, all you have to do is make a difference with others wherever you are, with whatever you have, day by day.” – John Maxwell

Robert Greene

“Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.” – Robert Greene

“Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.” – Robert Greene

“There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.” – Robert Greene

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity.” – Robert Greene

“Feeling motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive.” – Robert Greene

Ryan Holiday

“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.” – Ryan Holiday

“We forget: In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given.” – Ryan Holiday

“Wherever we are, whatever we’re doing and herever we are going, we owe it to ourselves, to our art, to the world to do it well.” – Ryan Holiday

“Greatness comes from humble beginnings; it comes from grunt work. It means you’re the least important person in the room—until you change that with results.” – Ryan Holiday

“You’re not as good as you think. You don’t have it all figured out. Stay focused. Do better.” – Ryan Holiday

Roger Banister

“Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.” – Roger Banister

“Even then people were taking about whether it would ever be possible for someone to run a mile in 4 minutes. … There was no logic in my mind that if you can run a mile in 4 minutes, 1.25, you can’t run it in 3:59. … I knew enough medicine and physiology to know it wasn’t a physical barrier, but I think it had become a psychological barrier.” – Roger Banister

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin. – Roger Bannister

“Doctors and scientists said breaking the four–minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.” – Roger Banister

“I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.” – Roger Bannister

David Goggins

“If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.” – David Goggins

“Never let people who choose the path of least resistance steer you away from your chosen path of most resistance.” – David Goggins

“It’s easier to accept the fact that you’re just not good enough. We all have a lot more than we think we have.” – David Goggins

“When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic. But I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting and there is no finish line.” – David Goggins

“You finally become proud of yourself when you have no room to become jealous of others.” – David Goggins

Andy Frisella

“Every day is a win or a loss.” – Andy Frisella

“Don’t let the constant pursuit of and drive for success keep you from appreciating and being grateful for what you have now.” – Andy Frisella

“Things to never budge on: Your work ethic. Your quality of work. Your attention to detail. Your integrity. Your morals. Your drive. Treating your employees/people who help you like gold. Treating customers like gold.” – Andy Frisella

“Beware of the trap of instant gratification. Nothing that’s truly worthwhile can be had “now”. The “The American Dream” is not given, its EARNED.” – Andy Frisella

“I don’t care who you are, what company you own or what company you represent: Do what’s right. Lift people up. Teach them. Help them. It’s our obligation.” – Andy Frisella

Bedros Keuilian

“Ineffective leaders lack personal structure, so they often choose the path of easy in their personal lives rather than choosing the hard work that produces results. They have chaotic schedules, are disorganized, and always seem to operate in a state of overwhelm and irritation. Weak leaders lack the discipline to structure their days, their thoughts, and their actions, and they constantly have their priorities out of order.” – Bedros Keuilian

“Never feel bad for outgrowing people who had the same opportunity to grow as you did.” – Bedros Keuilian

“The optimist sees opportunity. The pessimist sees risk. Perspective matters.” – Bedros Keuilian

“Men who aren’t enslaved by their vices and desires are focused men. And focused men are the most powerful men.” – Bedros Keuilian

“The most underestimated habitual trait that can compound results and time collapse desired outcome is consistency.” – Bedros Keuilian

Eric Thomas

“All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.” – Eric Thomas

“Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you.” – Eric Thomas

“Both desire and imagination are stored in the mind of the individual and when stretched, both have the potential to position a person for greatness.” – Eric Thomas

“I use pain to push me to greatness.” – Eric Thomas

“Everybody wants to be a beast, until it’s time to do what real beasts do.” – Eric Thomas

Inky Johnson

“Play the hand you’re dealt like it’s the one you’ve always wanted.” – Inky Johnson

“Show up. Don’t quit. Live it. Don’t quit. Appreciate it. Don’t quit.” – Inky Johnson

“Courage is the commitment to being without any guarantee of success.” – Inky Johnson

“People get upset not because of the adversity they face but because their adversity reveals who they really are.” – Inky Johnson

“It is life compressed, and it can teach players, coaches, and even fans many of the same life lessons on an accelerated schedule.” – Inky Johnson

Jane Goodall

“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” – Jane Goodall

“I do have reasons for hope: our clever brains, the resilience of nature, the indomitable human spirit, and above all, the commitment of young people when they’re empowered to take action.” – Jane Goodall

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” – Jane Goodall

“Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.” – Jane Goodall

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

Steve Jobs

“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Steve Jobs

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the nonsuccessful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs

Jim Henson

“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn’t anything you can’t do if you want to.” – Jim Henson

“Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.” – Jim Henson

“The only way the magic works is by hard work. But hard work can be fun.” – Jim Henson

“I really do believe that all of you are at the beginning of a wonderful journey. As you start traveling down that road of life, remember this: There are never enough comfort stops. The places you’re going to are never on the map. And once you get that map out, you won’t be able to re-fold it no matter how smart you are. So forget the map, roll down the windows, and whenever you can pull over and have picnic with a pig. And if you can help it never fly as cargo.” – Jim Henson

“Take what you got and fly with it.” – Jim Jenson

Dolly Parton

“You can’t just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give ’em wings, arms, legs…whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.” – Dolly Parton

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton

“I really think it’s wonderful that we’re getting a chance to show what we can do and that we’re being accepted…I have been at it a long time, and it’s a new day and age.” – Dolly Parton

“I’m a woman and proud of it. I really feel like I have plenty to offer… and I think we all should be able to express ourselves however we do.” – Dolly Parton

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton

Frederick Douglass

“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” – Frederick Douglass

Mike Tyson

“Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.” – Mike Tyson

“At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as I get older, life is totally about losing everything.” – Mke Tyson

“Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.” – Mike Tyson

“The ability to apply the discipline, the ability to do what needs to be done no matter how he feels inside, in my opinion, is the definition of a true professional.” – Mike Tyson

“Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.” – Mike Tyson

Kobe Bryant

“When you make a choice and say, ‘Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,’ then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that … when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been [in your mind] the whole time.” – Kobe Bryant

“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” – Kobe Bryant

“I’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.” – Kobe Bryant

“I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.” – Kobe Bryant

“To sum up what mamba mentality is, it means to be able to constantly try to be the best version of yourself.” – Kobe Bryant

Shaq

“I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“Me shooting 40 percent at the foul line is just God’s way of saying that nobody’s perfect. If I shot 90 percent from the line, it just wouldn’t be right.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“When your general doesn’t panic, the troops don’t panic.” – Shaquille O’Neal

From this day on I’d like to be known as ‘The Big Aristotle’ because Aristotle once said, ‘Excellence is not a singular act; it’s a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'” – Shaquille O’Neal

“But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game; nothing was given to me.” – Shaquille O’Neal

Tim Grover

“Every minute that you sit around trying to figure out what to do, someone else is already doing it. Make a choice or a choice will be made for you.” – Tim Grover

“Crave the result so intensely that the work is irrelevant.” – Tim Grover

“We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it. You trust yourself to handle whatever you’re dealing with, and don’t allow your fear to escalate into uncontrollable doubt.” – Tim Grover

“Make a plan that truly reflects your goals and interests, and you’ll be more likely to execute. Why pretend you’re going to work out every day when you know you’re only going to do it three times per week?” – Tim Grover

“If you want to be great, deliver the unexpected. If you want to be the best, deliver a miracle.” – Tim Grover

George Carlin

“Some people see things that are and ask, ‘Why?’ Some people dream of things that never were and ask, ‘Why not?’ Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” – George Carlin

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin

“Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.” – George Carlin

“Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.” – George Carlin

“Careful, if you think too much, they’ll take you away.” – George Carlin

Matthew Dicks

“I step through the door anyway, knowing that the hard thing and the right thing are usually the same thing.” – Matthew Dicks

“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.” – Matthew Dicks

“When we are facing the last seconds of our lives, minutes become precious. The key is to understand their preciousness today when there is still time to make those minutes matter.” – Matthew Dicks

“People who do great things don’t wait until the time is right. They make the time.” – Matthew Dicks

“Your job as a creator – a maker of things – is to make your thing, but then put that thing on a proverbial shelf in your brain. Not on some shelf in a dusty pantry at the back of your brain but on display in a place of prominence and importance. Keep it in a place in your mind (or, if it’s small and tangible, on an actual shelf in your home) where you will come across it often. Rather than forgetting about it and moving on to the next thing, imagine it as a glowing bauble, looking to become something new and different and maybe even better.” – Matthew Dicks

Tony Robbins

“All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.” – Tony Robbins

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

Dale Carnegie

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie 

Thomas Jefferson

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

Jillian Michaels

“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!”- Jillian Michaels

Elanor Roosevelt

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Venus Williams

“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, just pretend that you do and at some point, you will.” – Venus Williams

Wednesday Gym Quotes

That’s a warp on the middle of the week. Bring on the second half of the week! I hope these Wednesday gym quotes gave you the motivation you need to tackle your mid-week gym workout.

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