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141. “Your morning sets up the success of your day. So many people wake up and immediately check text messages, emails, and social media. I use my first hour awake for my morning routine of breakfast and meditation to prepare myself.” —  Caroline Ghosn 142.  “You’ve got to wake up each day and understand what that day is about; you’ve got to have personal goals. Be flexible in getting to those goals, but if you do not have goals, you will not achieve them.” —  Cary Cohn 143. “It is a myth that you need to rise and shine to have a good start to a day. You can roll around in bed thinking about friends like me and you will still have a great start to the day.” —  Anonymous 144. “If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” –  J.M. Power 145. “When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.” –  Arthur Wellesley 146. 11. “Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Co...

131. “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” —  Kurt Vonnegut 132. “It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning.”— Gordon B. Kinkley 133. “Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it … look at it and really see it … try it on … live it … exhaust it … and never give that minute back until there was nothing left of it.” —  Erma Bombeck 134. “Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”—  Abraham Joshua Heschel 135. “There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.” —  Mindy Kaling 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-ap...

121. “For many years, my morning routine was a result of how other people expected me to show up. I was overwhelmed and off-center because I was ignoring the messages my body was sending me.” –  Amber Rae 122. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” –  George Eliot 123.  “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” –  Benjamin Franklin 124. “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” –  Albert Einstein 125. “There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it,’ said my mother. ‘Put yourself in the way of beauty.”—  Cheryl Strayed 126. “You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”—  J.R.R. Tolkien 127. “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the ...

111. “Mornings are so precious because it’s when I’m most productive. For me, thirty minutes at 5:30am is equivalent to at least an hour at 3:00pm.” –  Whitney Johnson 112. “When I find something I value, I systematize it into my daily habits. Then I live by my values freely and effortlessly.” –  Joshua Spodek 113. “The most important thing I do each morning is steady myself by not allowing a sense of urgency to penetrate.” –  Matthew Weatherley-White 114. “Front-loading my day (getting a whole bunch done in the morning) is my productivity secret.” —  Celeste Headlee 115. “If I can feel like the chaos [of the day ahead] is at least known, I can dive in with more composure.” –  Wendy McKennon 116. “I find that checking my phone [in the morning] tramples over my positive vibes, because we all know that checking messages is like rattling a wasp nest.” –  Stephanie Lee 117. “There is enormous power in nailing your morning rout...

101. “Starting my day with exercise gives me a big mood and energy boost throughout the day and makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something right off the bat.” –  Jake Knapp  102. “If I need to remind myself to bring something with me in the morning, I’ll usually put my car keys on top of it.” –  Des Traynor 103. “My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That’s always been my motivation – to take care of the people who rely on me.” –  Tony Parsons 104. “She believed a cup of coffee marked the beginning of each day.” —  Anonymous 105. “She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself.”–  Tyler Kent White 106. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.“ —  Nicho...

91. “We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” –  Arianna Huffington 92. “Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day.” –  Eben Pagan 93. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” –  Charlie Chaplin 94. “These morning practices are what fuel me; keeping my routine is not about willpower.” –  Jenny Blake 95. “The repetition becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.” –  Haruki Murakami 96. “When I’m just waking up I like to keep a space for my own thoughts and ideas. Checking my phone is not a priority of mine.” –  Andre D. Wagner 97. “Whether the day is for writing, designing, or painting, the consistent practice of a morning routine...

81. “Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.” —  John Wooden 82. “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” —  Marilyn Monroe 83. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” —  Winston S. Churchill 84. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —  Walt Disney 85. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” —  Barack Obama 86. Your current life is the result of your previous choices, if you want something different, begin to choose differently. –  Joe Tichio 87. “I put my phone as far across the room as possible the night before to force me out of bed when the alarm goes off.” –  Josh Gross  88. “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more tim...

71. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” —  James Cameron 72. “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” —  Eleanor Roosevelt 73. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” —  Mother Teresa 74. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” —  Robert Louis Stevenson 75. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” —  Ralph Waldo Emerson 76. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —  Abraham Lincoln 77. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss 78. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” —  Babe Ruth 79. “Go confidently in the direction of ...

61. “The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.“ —  Sarah Addison Allen 62. “I’ve got nothing to say but it’s okay, good morning, good morning” —  The Beatles 63. “The morning is good because we remember that no matter what went wrong the previous days, we just got a perfect opportunity to rewrite history and do better.” —  Anonymous 64. “Some times just lie in bed, don’t make an effort to rush off into the morning, listen to the earth rouse from sleep and you’ll understand how perfect life is designed to be.” —  Anonymous 65. “The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” —  Robert Frost 66. “Everything in your life is dictated by you. Be who you want to be. Think positive thoughts and great things will happen to you.” —  Anonymous 67. “Being happy or sad, gloomy or excited, moody or stable … are options that are presented to you every mor...

51. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” –  Confucius 52. “Rise up, start fresh see the bright opportunity in each day.” –  Anonymous 54. “For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” —  Steve Jobs 55. “The biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world.” —  Austin Kleon 56. “In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson 57. “There are so many reasons to be thankful every day. I am thankful for you.” —  Anonymous 58. “Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I’ll be happy for the rest of my little life.” –  ...

41. “When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle, and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”–  John Lennon 42. “It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world.” –  Mary Oliver 43. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” –  Maria Robinson 44. “Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.” –  Arthur Schopenhauer 45. “I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better.” –  Jeffrey Fry 46. “I like my coffee black and my mornings bright.” –  Terri Guillemets 47. “The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” –  S. Ajna 48. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the ai...

31. “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.” –  E. B. White 32. “One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast.” –  Robert Brault 33. “I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It’s not heavy. I don’t have skeletons in the closet on their way out.” –  Drake 34. “Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat: “Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.” –  Gina Rodriguez 35. “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” –  Rumi 36. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” –  Eleanor Roosevelt 37. “I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” –  J. B. Priestley 38. “What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” –  Sinclair Lewis 39. “Morning without you is ...

21. “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” –  Larry King 22. “I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off.” –  Bruce Willis 23. “When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” –  Ernie Banks 24. “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.” –  Elon Musk 25. “Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” –  Henry David Thoreau 26. “In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.” –  Carl Sandburg 27. “I like to work in the morning. I like to sometimes go to a place where I’m all alone where I’m not going to get a phone call early that hurts my feelings, because once my feelings are hurt, I’m dead in ...

11. “Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” –  Wayne Huizenga 12. “Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” –  Ursula K. Le Guin 13. “I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings.” –  Terri Guillemets 14. “Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” –  Lemony Snicket 15. “It is in the early morning hour that the unseen is seen, and that the far-off beauty and glory, vanquishing all their vagueness, move down upon us till they stand clear as crystal close over against the soul.” –  Sarah Smiley 16. “Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, ‘It’s going to be a good day!” –  Lindsay Lohan 17. “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up ev...

1. “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson 2. “I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day.” –  Paul Henderson 3. “Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness.” –  Nanea Hoffman 4. “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” –  Henry David Thoreau 5. “I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.” –  Benjamin Franklin 6. “Every morning, I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive, a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.” —  Jim Carrey 7. “If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.” –  Larry Page 8. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” –  Marcus...