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Tune in daily to get a short dose of daily inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way. the Daily Quote brings you inspirational quotes to help motivate and inspire your day with positivity. Listen to the show for positive quotes from Albert Einstein, Maya Angelo, Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, William Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, Confucius and more... Every single day you will hear a motivational quote to fire up your day.

  1. Charles Buxton - "You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it."

    53 MIN AGO

    Charles Buxton - "You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Charles Buxton — a 19th century British politician, philanthropist, and author, who wrote in his book Notes of Thought: "You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it." That first sentence is the one that stings. You will never find time. Think about how many times you've said — or heard — "I just need to find the time." Find the time to get fit. Find the time to start the business. Find the time to learn the skill, repair the relationship, pursue the dream. As if time is something that's out there waiting to be discovered, hiding behind the right week, the right season, the right set of circumstances. Buxton wrote this in 1873. And more than 150 years later, nothing has changed. People are still looking for time they will never find, because found time doesn't exist. Here's the truth he's pointing at: time doesn't appear on its own. It doesn't show up when life slows down, because life doesn't slow down. Every hour of your day is already spoken for by something. The question isn't whether your time is being used. It is. The question is whether you're the one deciding how. Buxton was a man who believed that nothing good comes without effort and intention. That everything worth having has to be actively pursued, not passively waited for. Time is no different. You don't find it. You carve it out. You protect it. You say no to something else so that the thing that matters most gets a seat at the table. Making time is an act of decision — and decision is an act of priority. Show me how someone spends their time, and I'll show you what they actually value. So here's the question: What have you been waiting to find time for, that you actually need to decide to make time for? Because the calendar won't clear itself. Life won't slow down and hand you a gap. If you want it, whatever it is, you have to make the time. Starting now. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  2. Rhonda Byrne - "Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel."

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    Rhonda Byrne - "Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. This episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast. Because good news should be heard... Today's quote comes from Rhonda Byrne — the Australian author and filmmaker who introduced millions of people to the law of attraction through her internationally bestselling book and film, The Secret. She said: "Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel."Let that land for a moment. Every single second. Not every New Year. Not every Monday morning. Not every time the calendar flips to a fresh start. Every. Single. Second. Most of us are waiting for the right moment to change — the right circumstances, the right opportunity, the right level of readiness. We tell ourselves the change begins when things are different. When the situation improves. When we have more time, more money, more confidence. But Byrne is pointing at something much more immediate than that. She's saying the mechanism of change isn't out there in your circumstances — it's in here, in how you feel right now. Every day you stand at a tipping point, and on any one day you can change the future through the way that you feel. That's not a small idea. That's a radical one. Because it means you are never stuck. You are never without options. The door to a different life isn't locked behind some future version of your circumstances, it's available to you in this moment, through a single shift in how you choose to feel. When you change the way you feel inside, you change your world — and that's entirely an inside job. So here's the question: What if you didn't wait for your life to change before you changed how you feel? What if the second to start was actually this one — right now? Because according to Rhonda Byrne, it is. Every single second is the opportunity. Including this one. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  3. Brian Tracy - "Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do."

    2 DAYS AGO

    Brian Tracy - "Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. Brought to you by the Great News podcast. Because good news should be heard. Today's quote comes from Brian Tracy, one of the world's leading speakers and authors on success and personal development, who has spoken to over five million people across 70 countries and written more than 80 books. He said: "Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do."Notice the word Tracy chose — true success. He's drawing a very deliberate line between two kinds of success.There's the surface kind — the title, the salary, the appearance of having made it. A lot of people achieve that. They show up, they do enough, they get by. And from the outside it can look like success. But Tracy is pointing at something deeper — the kind of success that actually satisfies. The kind that holds up when you're honest with yourself at the end of the day. And his argument is that kind of success — true success — has a specific starting point. Not talent. Not opportunity. Not luck. A commitment. Tracy's quote reminds us that simply going through the motions or settling for mediocrity will not lead to the fulfillment or achievement we desire. It requires dedication to constantly improving and striving for excellence in everything we do. That word — commitment — is doing all the heavy lifting here. Because commitment means you've made a decision in advance. Before the hard days. Before the setbacks. Before the moments when good enough is tempting. You've already decided: excellent is the standard. Tracy himself believed there is no real limit to how much better a person who truly commits to getting better can get. The ceiling isn't fixed. But you have to commit to finding out where it is.So here's the question: In the area that matters most to you right now — are you committed to excellent, or are you settling for enough? Because enough will get you through. But excellent — truly committing to it — is where your real success begins. Not when circumstances improve. Not when you feel ready. Right now, with that decision. Make the commitment. And watch what begins.That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  4. George Lucas - "You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."

    3 DAYS AGO

    George Lucas - "You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. This episode is brought to you by the Great News Podcast. Tired of all the doom and gloom news from mainstream media? You'll get none of that here! Instead you'll find inspiring stories and developments making the world a better place. Today's quote comes from George Lucas — filmmaker, creator of Star Wars, and one of the most determined storytellers in Hollywood history. He said: "You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."Notice what Lucas didn't say. He didn't say figure it all out first. He didn't say wait until you're confident. He didn't say make sure the path is clear before you move. He said simply put one foot in front of the other. That word — simply — is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Because when you strip away all the overthinking, all the planning, all the waiting for the right moment, what's left is actually simple: move. Keep moving. And then there's the blinders. Blinders were originally designed to keep horses from being distracted as cities grew larger and noisier — they kept the horse plowing straight ahead, one hoof in front of the other, focused entirely on what was directly ahead. Lucas is borrowing that image deliberately. The world is full of noise — critics, doubters, shiny distractions, alternative paths, reasons to second-guess yourself. The blinders aren't about ignoring reality. They're about protecting your focus from everything that isn't the next step. Lucas himself spent years grinding before Star Wars succeeded — pushing through doubt, resistance, and a Hollywood that didn't believe in his vision, and kept going anyway. One foot. Then the other. Blinders on. The people who achieve something remarkable rarely had a clearer path than everyone else. They just refused to stop walking it.So here's the question: Where are you standing still right now, waiting for certainty that isn't coming?You don't need the whole path to be visible. You just need the next step. Put the blinders on, shut out the noise, and plow right ahead. One foot. Then the other. Keep going. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  5. John C. Maxwell - "Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time."

    4 DAYS AGO

    John C. Maxwell - "Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time."

    Welcome to The Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from John C. Maxwell — author of more than 50 books on leadership and personal growth, who has trained over two million leaders worldwide. He once said... "Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time." Let's break down what Maxwell is really saying here — because every single word in that quote is doing work. Small. Not heroic. Not dramatic. Not a massive overhaul of your life. Small. The discipline of reading ten pages a day. The discipline of a twenty minute walk. The discipline of writing one paragraph before you open your inbox. Repeated. Not once. Not when you feel like it. Not when conditions are perfect. Repeated — meaning you show up whether it's convenient or not. With consistency, every day. Maxwell makes a crucial distinction here — motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. Consistency is what separates people who intend to grow from people who actually do. And then the part most people skip right over: gained slowly over time. Maxwell isn't promising you a shortcut. He's promising you a process. The achievement is real — but it's built brick by brick, day by day, so gradually that you almost don't notice it happening until one day you look back and can't believe how far you've come. That's the compound effect of small disciplines. Invisible in the short term. Undeniable over time. This podcast is proof of that principle. It didn't start as something impressive. It started as a small discipline — show up, record, publish. Do it again tomorrow. No grand launch, no perfect setup, just the quiet repetition of a small daily commitment. Hundreds of episodes later, the achievement didn't arrive in one dramatic moment. It accumulated — slowly, consistently, one small discipline at a time. And yesterday's episode was the 800th episode of this podcast. Maxwell knew exactly what he was talking about. So here's the question: What small discipline could you commit to today? Not something overwhelming. Something small enough that you could do it even on your worst day.Because that's the one. That's the discipline that — repeated with consistency, every single day — leads to the achievement you're after. Not quickly. But certainly. Small disciplines. Great achievements. Every day. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  6. Dr. Leo Buscaglia - "Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow — it only saps today of its joy."

    5 DAYS AGO

    Dr. Leo Buscaglia - "Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow — it only saps today of its joy."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. This episode is brought to you by... the Great News podcast. You've probably seen this quote floating around the internet: "Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles — it takes away today's peace." It's most often attributed to Randy Armstrong, a musician and poet. But that sentiment traces back to someone who said it even better. Dr. Leo Buscaglia — known as "Dr. Love" — was a professor at the University of Southern California, a bestselling author, and one of the most-watched speakers in PBS history. And he once said, "Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow — it only saps today of its joy."Both versions say the same essential thing, but notice what Buscaglia's gets exactly right. Worry makes you a deal — and then breaks it. The deal sounds like this: if I worry enough about tomorrow, maybe I can prevent the bad thing from happening. So you lie awake at 2am running through scenarios. You rehearse the worst case. You brace for impact. And what do you get in return? You don't get a better tomorrow. The sorrow, if it comes, comes anyway. Worry can be crippling — it causes us to lose sleep, lose appetite, and paralyse our thoughts and actions, all while the future remains completely unchanged. So worry doesn't protect you from tomorrow. It just steals from today. Buscaglia spent his career arguing that social bonds and present-moment living are essential to transcending everyday stress. He wasn't saying life has no sorrows. He was saying that trading your joy today for a sorrow that may or may not come tomorrow is always a losing bargain.The troubles of tomorrow belong to tomorrow. Today's peace belongs to you — right now — if you choose to keep it.I've given away entire weekends to worry. Anxious about a meeting on Monday, a decision I hadn't made yet, a conversation I was dreading. And in almost every case, when the thing finally arrived, it was either fine — or it was hard, but I handled it. The worry didn't help. It just meant I suffered twice: once in anticipation, and once in reality.Buscaglia was right. The sorrow comes when it comes. The joy of today is only lost if I hand it over early.So here's the question: What are you worrying about right now that belongs to tomorrow — not today? Because today has enough of its own. Don't spend its peace on a tomorrow that hasn't arrived yet — and may never arrive the way you're imagining it.Keep today's joy. It's yours. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  7. Augusta F. Kantra - "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."

    6 DAYS AGO

    Augusta F. Kantra - "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote is commonly misattributed to Abraham Lincoln — you've probably seen it under his name on social media a hundred times. But the person most credibly connected to it is Augusta F. Kantra, a psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher from Alabama, who wrote: "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." Interesting... quite often when people talk about discipline it is about depriving yourself or exercising willpower. But notice what Kantra is really saying here. She's not telling you to be harder on yourself. She's not talking about gritting your teeth, white-knuckling your way through temptation, or punishing yourself for every slip. She takes the punitive part of discipline away entirely. That's the reframe. Most of us think of discipline as deprivation — saying no, giving things up, doing the hard thing. But Kantra flips it completely. Discipline isn't about denial. It's about choosing. Every single moment you're making a choice between what you want right now and what you want most. The cookies or the goal. The Netflix binge or the business. The comfortable silence or the difficult conversation. When you keep what you want most at the forefront of your mind, it almost pulls you toward the right actions — rather than feeling like a constant struggle. The goal itself becomes the motivation. You're not fighting yourself. You're just choosing. I used to think disciplined people were just wired differently — that they didn't feel the pull of distraction the way the rest of us do. What I've come to understand is that they feel it just as much. They've just gotten clear on what they want most. And that clarity makes the choice easier — not easy, but easier. When I know exactly where I'm going, saying no to the detour doesn't feel like suffering. It feels like steering. Last night I was on the couch playing a puzzle game on my phone and scrolling my social feeds. I was feeling lazy and that is what I wanted to do... but is it what I wanted most. Nooooo! What I wanted most was to produce this podcast episode. So that is what I chose. So here's the question: What do you want most? Not what you think you should want. Not what sounds impressive. What do you actually, genuinely want most? Because once you know that — really know it — discipline stops being a battle. It becomes a choice. And choices are something you can make right now. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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  8. Robert Kiyosaki - "Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed."

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    Robert Kiyosaki - "Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Brought to you by the ⁠Great News ⁠podcast. Today's quote comes from Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad — one of the best-selling personal finance books in history. He said: "Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed." Read that again. He didn't say winners don't fail. He said winners fail until they succeed. That one word — until — changes everything. Most people treat failure as a verdict. It happens once, and they take it as a sign: I'm not cut out for this. It wasn't meant to be. I tried. And they stop. For many, failure feels like an insurmountable obstacle — it sends them retreating straight back to their comfort zone. But Kiyosaki's point is that failure isn't a verdict. It's a data point. Failure isn't the opposite of success — it's the price of admission. Every time you fail, you've eliminated one more thing that doesn't work. You're not further from the answer — you're closer. Kiyosaki himself self-published Rich Dad Poor Dad after every publisher turned him down. Barnes & Noble initially refused to stock it. He kept going anyway and the book has since sold over 32 million copies in 51 languages. He didn't succeed despite failing. He succeeded because he kept going after failing.So here's the question: What have you quit that you should have kept failing at? Because the difference between a loser and a winner isn't talent. It isn't luck. It's just this — one of them stopped, and one of them didn't. Fail until you succeed. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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Tune in daily to get a short dose of daily inspiration to kick start your day in a positive way. the Daily Quote brings you inspirational quotes to help motivate and inspire your day with positivity. Listen to the show for positive quotes from Albert Einstein, Maya Angelo, Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, William Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, Confucius and more... Every single day you will hear a motivational quote to fire up your day.

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