15 of the Best Motivational Quotes

15 of the Best Motivational Quotes

 The power of words never fails to inspire.

Below are 15 of the best motivational quotes and a much needed early week pick-me-up.  I hope you enjoy:

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Joyce A. Myers

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Aristotle Onassis

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap¹ but by the seeds you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost

The questions you ask determine the quality of your life.

Mr. Self Development

Believe you can and you’re halfway² there.

Theodore Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Norman Vincent Peale

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Harry³ Emerson Fosdick

Happiness is not something you postpone⁴ for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Jim Rohn

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Friedrich Schiller

Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

Audrey Hepburn

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Swami Sivananda

Give light and people will find the way.

Ella Baker⁵

Ideas shape the course of history.

John Maynard Keynes

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharto

1 reap   

v.得到，获得（报酬、成果等），收割，收获

参考例句：

• It is not easy to reap the harvest of my hard work.获得自己辛勤工作的成果是不容易的。
• As a man sows,so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

4 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

5 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。