Powerful Quotes to Inspire You

If you have never tried meditation, we recommend trying it. Meditation can provide you with a sense of relaxation, balance, calm, tranquility, and peace. Studies have found that people who meditate tend to lead healthier lifestyles and possess a stronger sense of purpose. Below is a list of amounts quoted by Bruce Lee, Nelson Mandela, fitness legend Jack LaLane, and ancient philosopher and warrior Marcus Aurelius. Please feel free to use their inspiration toward mental strength the next time you meditate. Enjoy.

Bruce Lee

1. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
2. “Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them.”
3. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”
4. “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
5. “Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.”
6. “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
7. “If you always put a limit on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”
8. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
9. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
10. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
11. “The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”
12. “Real living is living for others.”
13. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
14. “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
15. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.”
16. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
17. “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
18. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.”
19. “Don’t fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.”
20. “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water.”
21. “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”
22. “All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self-knowledge.”
23. “Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”
24. “There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you.”
25. “The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.”

Nelson Mandela

1. “Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.”
2. “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.”
3. “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
4. “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.”
5. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
6. “Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”
7. “I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”
8. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
9. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
10. “Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.”

Jack LaLanne

1. “I can’t afford to die. It would wreck my image.”
2. “Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it’s never too late.”
3. “I never think of my age, never – I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I’m just me.”
4. “It’s a lifestyle, it’s something you do the rest of your life – How long are you going to keep breathing? How long do you keep eating? You just do it.”
5. “By exercise. I’ll tell you one thing, you don’t always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I’m on the road.”
6. “What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20’s. Then you’ll find out what your weight should be.”
7. “You can’t get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you’ve got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It’s the fat!”
8. “Now the medical profession is saying something different. Every one of the doctors without exception is saying, “Build muscle.”
9. “Everything you do in life, I don’t care, good or bad – don’t blame God, don’t blame the devil, don’t blame me, blame you. You control everything! The thoughts you think, the words you utter, the foods you eat, the exercise you do. Everything is controlled by you.”
10. “It’s survival of the fittest. You can’t have everything perfect, that’s impossible, but the fit survive. The fit can handle the impurities in the air and in the water, but the poor people who are sick, it really affects them more.”

Marcus Aurelius

1. The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
2. Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.
3. The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
4. Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
5. Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
6. Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.
7. Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.
8. There is but one thing of real value – to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
9. Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.
10. The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

Source

1. 15 Nelson Mandela Quotes – Britannica

2. 10 Powerful Meditations Quotes by Marcus Aurelius to Find Inner Peace – Blinklist Magazine
3. What is Bruce Lee’s Famous Quote?” – Unveiling Bruce Lee’s Philosophical Insights – Martial Arts WA
4. The 20 BEST Jack Lalanne Quotes & Videos – A Tribute to a Fitness Icon and Real Life Super Hero! – Strength Zone Training