Eric D. Thomas, Ph.D. is an American motivational speaker, author and minister. Here are 40 Inspirational Eric Thomas Quotes.
Eric Thomas Quotes
1. “I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give. Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives.”
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2. “You can get through this. You are bigger than your pain, don’t give up, don’t give in.”
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3. “Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life.”
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4. “You can’t sleep. Broke people sleep. You got to be willing to sacrifice sleep, if you sleep you may miss the opportunity to be successful.”
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5. “I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.”
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6. “I have learned over the years that the higher the level of emotion, the lower the level of reasoning. For example, if your emotions are at the highest level of 10, your ability to reason is at a 0. If it’s a 9 then your reasoning is a 1. I am not suggesting that emotions don’t have their place, but taking actions based purely on emotions is dangerous and could cost you everything.”
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7. “Your relationships will either make you or break you and there is no such thing as a neutral relationship. People either inspire you to greatness or pull you down in the gutter, it’s that simple. No one fails alone, and no one succeeds alone.”
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8. “Done is better than perfect if perfect ain’t done.”
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9. “If you can look up, you can get up.”
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10. “I wanted to surround myself with the kind of people who could help me turn my life around; people whom I could rub up against like iron and be sharpened.”
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11. “Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you.”
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12. “I use pain to push me to greatness”
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13. “Stop whining, start grinding.”
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14. “It’s realizing that a great dream is not as good as a great memory. The dream can be had by anyone. The memory – must be made.”
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15. “If you’re not where you are. If you’re not where you want to be. If you don’t have what you want, want to have. If you’re not where you think you should be at this particular place. It has nothing to do with the system, but it has everything to do with the fact that you’re not making the sacrifice.”
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16. “Stop being average. You’re not even good. You were born to be great.”
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17. “At the end of pain is success.”
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18. “My greatest asset is I was homeless. So, I can’t feel a whole lot of pain. I’ve already been alone. There’s not a whole of hurt I can feel, on a little paper, on a little test.”
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19. “You got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality – and when you do, you just got to take advantage of it.”
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20. “It’s not about where you come from; it’s about heart! You come to a place where, you know, being smart ain’t enough. You gotta have heart”
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Eric Thomas Quotes
21. “Sometimes it ain’t about being the most talented. Sometimes it ain’t about being the smartest. Sometimes it’s not even about working the hardest. Sometimes it’s about consistency! Consistency!”
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22. “Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour or a day, or even a year. But eventually, it will subside. And something else takes its place. If I quit, however, it will last forever.”
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23. “The most important thing is this: To be able at any moment, to sacrifice what you are, for what you will become!”
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24. “Everybody has a dream, but not everybody has a grind.”
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25. “There is nothing wrong with dreaming big dreams, just know that all roads that lead to success have to pass through Hardwork Boulevard at some point.”
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26. “Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners.”
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27. “I’m not the smartest. But you will not out work me! I wake up every morning at 3 o’clock!”
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28. “Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go.”
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29. “Most of you don’t want success as much as you want to sleep!”
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30. “God has a purpose for your pain, a reason for your struggles and a reward for your faithfulness. Don’t give up.”
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Eric Thomas Quotes
31. “An eagle uses the storm to reach unimaginable heights.”
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32. “Success is not for the weak and uncommitted… Sometimes it’s gonna hurt!”
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33. “Stop the blame game. Stop! Stop looking out the window and look in the mirror!”
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34. “Avoid being your own enemy.”
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35. “You can’t cheat the grind, it knows hows much you’ve invested, it won’t give you nothing you haven’t worked for.”
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36. “The difference between those who succeed and fail: not taking advantage of opportunities.”
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37. “Don’t cry to quit! You already in pain, you already hurt! Get a reward from it!”
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38. “Things change for the better when we take responsibility for our own thoughts, decisions and actions.”
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39. “Both desire and imagination are stored in the mind of the individual and when stretched, both have the potential to position a person for greatness.”
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40. “Apply the ABC’s of success to your life. Ask, Believe and Claim It.”
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