Whether you’re trying to lose weight, start your fitness journey, or achieve just about any other personal goal, mental strength plays a big role.
But how do you keep those positive vibes going when life gets stressful? Sometimes all it takes is a simple reminder or affirmation to turn your mood around.
Next time you hit a bump in the road, these positive quotes can add a dose of brightness to your day and help you get back into a glass-half-full mindset.
1. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —Walt Disney
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2. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” —Vince Lombardi
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3. “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” —Stephen King
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4. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time.” —Don Zimmer
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5. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” —Unknown
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6. “…always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” —Michelle Obama
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7. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” —Unknown
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8. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” —Anne Lamott
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9. “The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” —Bertrand Russell
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10. “If you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” —Conan O’Brien
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11. “Everything is possible — even the impossible.” —Mary Poppins
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12. “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness — it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.” —Brené Brown
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13. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
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14. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi
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15. “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” —Joseph Campbell
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16. “In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” —Les Brown
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17. “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” —Oprah Winfrey
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18. “Throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” —H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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19. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” —Robert Louis Stevenson
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20. “When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” —Sydney Harris
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21. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” —George Addair
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22. “When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.” —Unknown
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23. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” —Japanese proverb
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24. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right.” —Henry Ford
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25. “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” —E. E. Cummings
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26. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” —Unknown
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27. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt
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