"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success." Malcolm X

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself." Mikhail Baryshnikov

Hi Ian, I like the quotes under your signature as well! (JOY)

Hi Monica, in fact the more you concentrate on your own success rather than comparing yourself to others, the more 'at peace' you are. (JOY)

Thanks Joy, that is by far one of the most important lessons I learned in my late 30's : )

Thanks, I like Dali Lama, he makes me think

Yes I forgot to mention your Lama quote Ian. Very nice. My favorite of DL quote is "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." I think I could write an amazing book on never getting what I wanted and now having everything I never knew I wanted : )

Hi Monica, it's interesting that even though you opened this thread to both "good" and "bad" motivational quotes, no "bad" ones have been aired. Perhaps there aren't any! Or perhaps in life 'good' always overrides 'bad' ?? (JOY)

How about:

"No matter how good you are there is always someone better"?

"The race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet"

"Money can't buy you happiness"

"Everyone has their appointed place"

"It's not what you know it's who you know"

"If you're a pessimist you are never disappointed"

I would go on, but I feel the urge for a tub of triple chocolate ice cream and an action movie.

LOL!!!!!!!!! SO funny, Ian!!! hahaha!!!! You made me laugh today!!!

And now, are you gonna share that ice cream and flick???

I'm trying to think of a quote. Hmmm...

"If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he sits in a boat and drinks beer all day long." ~ anonymous

Or:

"If you teach a man to fish you can sell him graphite rods, special lures, hooks, different strengths of line, a fishing licence...."