Momentum Quotes

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

It is better to play than do nothing.

[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.

Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.

Motivation is the spark that lights the fire of knowledge and fuels the engine of accomplishment, it maximizes and maintains momentum

It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Never leave the site of a goal without first taking some form of positive action towards its attainment. Right now, take a moment to define the first steps you must take to achieve some goal. What can you do today to move forward?

Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.

The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them you immediately begin to create momentum.

Goals not only help you develop initial motivation by making your dreams obtainable, but they also help you continue to be motivated and that creates momentum.

It's so easy that when you begin you can't stop. You just go on and on doing it always.

Momentum solves 80% of your problems.

What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

We may stop ourselves when going up, never when coming down.

Momentum is whatever your attitude determines it to be.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so much.

Excitement must lead to immediate action or you will lose the power of momentum. More dreams die because we fail to seize the moment. Do it now!