10 Motivational Weight Loss Quotes

Attitude/Perspective

“Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy.” ~John C. Maxwell

“Your attitude determines your altitude!” ~Denis Waitley

“A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” ~Patricia Neal

“The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” ~William James

“The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.” ~J. Harold Wilkins

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” ~Thomas Jefferson

“You can complain that roses have thorns, or rejoice that thorns have roses.” ~Ziggy

“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” ~William James

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” ~Dennis P. Kimbro

“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” ~Victor E. Frankl

“Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.” ~Napoleon Hill

“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.” ~Thomas L. Holdcroft

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” ~Maya Angelou

“Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~George Bernard Shaw

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer

“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” ~Al Neuharth

Baby Steps

“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.” ~Old Chinese Proverb

“Every choice you make has an end result.” ~Zig Ziglar

“Little by little does the trick.” ~Aesop

“One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.” ~John Wanamaker

“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ~William Faulkner

“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.” ~Unknown

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson

“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” ~Doug Firebaugh

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” ~Vincent Van Gogh

“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” ~Emilie Coue

“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.” ~Abraham Lincoln

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs…one step at a time.” ~Joe Girard

“To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.” ~William Shakespeare

“Success is a staircase, not a doorway.” ~Dottie Walters

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ~Robert J Collier

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.” ~Mike Murdock

“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” ~Mark Twain

“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” ~Chinese Proverb

“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” ~John Wooden

Belief

“Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.” ~Henry Ford

“First thing every morning before you arise, say out loud, ‘I believe’, three times.” ~Norman Vincent Peale

“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.

“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” ~Charles F. Kettering

“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” ~Anthony Robbins

“Believe while others are doubting.” ~William Arthur Ward

“It’s not who you think you are that holds you back; it’s who you think you’re not.” ~Unknown

“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief.” ~Gerry Spence

Challenges

“Stumbling is not falling.” ~Portuguese Proverb

“As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” ~Unknown

“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

“A stumble may prevent a fall.” ~English Proverb

“It’s not the mistakes in life that are important; it’s what we learn from them.” ~Donna Guthrie

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” ~Albert Einstein

“If doubt is challenging you and you do not act, doubts will grow. Challenge the doubts with action and you will grow. Doubt and action are incompatible.” ~John Kanary

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~Mark Victor Hansen

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” ~Robert Frost

“Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.” ~John C. Maxwell

“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” ~Denis Waitley

“You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.” ~Unknown

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” ~African Proverb

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” ~Norman Vincent Peale

Change

“We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.” ~Les Brown

“The key to change… is to let go of fear.” ~Rosanne Cash

“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” ~Dr. Robert Anthony

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” ~Maya Angelou

“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” ~modified Serenity prayer

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” ~John Wooden

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.” ~Mike Murdock

“Quite often we change our jobs, friends and spouses instead of changing ourselves.” ~Akbarali H. Jetha

“People only see what they are prepared to see.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.” ~Jack Dixon

“Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~George Bernard Shaw

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” ~Albert Einstein

“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” ~John Maxwell

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” ~Jim Rohn

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~Leo Tolstoy

“Be bold. Be confident. Be alive. A gallery of possibilities awaits you when you make change your friend.” ~Bob Bone

“Never be afraid to do something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the titanic.” ~Anonymous

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer

“The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.” ~Eng’s Principle

“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.” ~Wayne Dyer Quotes

Choices / Decisions

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” ~Dr. Denis Waitley

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I… I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” ~Robert Frost

“Choice, not chance, determines destiny.” ~E.C. McKenzie

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” ~H. L. Hunt

“It’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” ~Anthony Robbins

“You will never leave where you are, until you decide where you’d rather be.” ~Dexter Yager

“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” ~Roy Disney

“Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.” ~Brian Tracy

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” ~Napolean Bonaparte

Commitment

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

“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing as life in-between.” ~Pat Riley

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” ~Unknown

“Stay committed to your decisions; but stay flexible in your approach.” ~Tony Robbins

“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” ~Thomas Jefferson

Courage / Confidence

“Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.” ~Stan Smith

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” ~Dorothy Bernard

“Courage is a resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” ~Mark Twain

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” ~Mary Anne Radmacher

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Christopher Robin

“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.” ~Unknown

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~Ambrose Redmoon

“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” ~Dr. Robert Anthony

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ~Nelson Mandela

“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” ~Raymond Lindquist

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” ~Rosalynn Carter

“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear.” ~William Jennings Bryan

“Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.” ~Earl Gray Stevens

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~Mark Victor Hansen

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.” ~Bill Phillips

“Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.” ~Zig Ziglar

“We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.” ~Helen Keller

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” ~Thomas Jefferson

Cravings / Temptation

“Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.” ~Unknown

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.” ~Unknown

“We are torn between a craving to know and the despair of having known.” ~Unknown

“Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.” ~Robert Orben

Diets

“I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is fourteen days.” ~Totie Fields

“The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it.” ~Jackie Gleason

“At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.” ~Mason Cooley

“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.” ~Dolly Parton

“Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.” ~Dan Bennett

“A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit.” ~Unknown

“The cardiologist’s diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.” ~Unknown

“The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.” ~Andy Rooney

“The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor.” ~Unknown

“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.” ~Mae West

“I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.” ~Erma Bombeck

“If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.” ~Jean Kerr

“I’m on a 90-day wonder diet. Thus far, I’ve lost 45 days.” ~Author Unknown

“My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like – just don’t swallow it.” ~Harry Secombe

“I have a great diet. You’re allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people.” ~Ed Bluestone

“A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline.” ~Herbert B. Prochnow

“We’re the country that has more food to eat than any other country in the world, and with more diets to keep us from eating it.” ~Unknown