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

    11 HRS 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.

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

    1D 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.

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

    2D 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.

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

    3D 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.

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

    4D AGO

    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.

    3 min
  6. Robin Crow - "Jump... and the net will appear."

    5D AGO

    Robin Crow - "Jump... and the net will appear."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote — I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Robin Crow — musician, entrepreneur, and author — who said: "Jump... and the net will appear." Six words. That's it. But they contain a complete philosophy about how courage actually works. Here's what most people get backwards. They want the net to appear first — the guarantee, the safety plan, the proof it's going to work out — and then they'll jump. But Robin Crow spent twenty years as a struggling musician before he figured out the truth: the net doesn't show up until after you jump. Crow dropped out of high school to tour, performed at over 600 schools across the country, spent years chasing a recording career in Hollywood, and had very little to show for it. Then, instead of retreating to safety, he made another leap — he built his own recording studio from scratch in Franklin, Tennessee. That studio, Dark Horse Recording, eventually hosted artists like Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, and Neil Diamond. The net appeared. But only after he jumped. The reason some people never get what they want isn't lack of talent or bad timing. It's that they're standing at the edge, waiting for certainty that will never come. Fear doesn't go away when you have more information. It goes away when you move. I remember standing at the edge of starting this podcast. I had every reason to wait — I didn't have the right equipment even though I did, I didn't know what I was doing which wasn't true either. I kept telling myself I'd launch when things were more ready. At some point I just jumped. The equipment was imperfect only in my mind. The early episodes were not perfect and either is this one. But the net appeared. And here we are, almost 800 episodes later. The net was always there. I just couldn't see it from the edge. So here's the question I want to leave you with: What are you standing at the edge of right now? What's the leap you keep postponing, waiting for guarantees that aren't coming? You already know what it is. Jump. The net will appear. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

    4 min
  7. Neale Donald Walsch - "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

    6D AGO

    Neale Donald Walsch - "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Brought to you by the Great News podcast. Today's quote comes from Neale Donald Walsch, who said: "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Not at the start. Not in the middle. At the end and Beyond it. Think about what Walsch is really saying here. Everything inside your comfort zone? That's not life. That's existence. That's routine. That's the familiar. Life – real life, growth, discovery, transformation – that only happens when you step outside what's comfortable. Your comfort zone is safe. Predictable. Easy. And completely limiting. Because here's what's inside your comfort zone: everything you've already done. Everything you already know. Everything you've already experienced. Nothing new can happen there. No growth. No discovery. No transformation. Just repetition. Life – the exciting, meaningful, transformative kind – lives outside those boundaries. Every meaningful thing you've ever accomplished happened outside your comfort zone. The first time you did anything, it was uncomfortable. Scary, even. The first day at a new job. The first time you tried something difficult. The first time you spoke up. The first time you took a risk. All of those firsts were outside your comfort zone. And that's where you grew. That's where you learned. That's where life actually began. Walsch is telling us: if you stay comfortable, you stay the same. You don't grow. You don't evolve. You just exist. But when you push past comfort? That's when you discover what you're capable of. That's when you become someone new. That's when life truly begins. Your comfort zone isn't protecting you. It's limiting you. Real life is waiting just beyond its edges. So here's the question: What are you avoiding because it's uncomfortable? And what life is waiting for you on the other side of that discomfort? Because life doesn't begin inside your comfort zone. It begins at the end of it. Step outside. See what's waiting. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

    4 min
  8. Karen Lamb - "A year from now you may wish you had started today."

    MAR 6

    Karen Lamb - "A year from now you may wish you had started today."

    Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. This episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast. Today's quote comes from Karen Lamb, who said: "A year from now you may wish you had started today." Think about that. One year from today, you'll be somewhere. Time will pass whether you start or not. The question is: will you be glad you started? Or will you regret that you didn't? Because here's what happens when you wait: a year passes. And you're still at the starting line. Still thinking about starting. Still wishing you'd begun. But if you start today? In one year, you'll have 365 days of progress. You might not be finished. You might not be perfect. But you'll be somewhere. Lamb is highlighting the pain of regret. Not the regret of trying and failing. The regret of never trying at all. A year from now, you won't regret the imperfect start you made today. You'll regret the start you postponed. Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year. They want immediate results, so they never start. But small progress over a year compounds into something significant. The book gets written. The skill gets developed. The body transforms. The business grows. But only if you start. Today. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not when conditions are perfect. Today. So here's the question: What have you been putting off? And how will you feel a year from now if you still haven't started? Because time will pass either way. You can't stop that. But you can decide whether you'll spend it making progress or making excuses. A year from now, you'll wish you had started today. So start. That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

    3 min
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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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