Quotes That Drive The HWPO Team

Is it the kind of quote that makes you pause and think? One that reminds you of what actually matters to you? Or maybe it’s the kind that hits you right in the “feels” and gives you that little jolt you didn’t know you needed.

I know some people say they don’t need external motivation to take action — and maybe that’s true — but I’ve always believed that the right words, at the right time, can shift your mindset in a powerful way.

Why quotes matter at HWPO 

I love a good quote. I’ve been adding one to the top of every weekly HWPO Affiliate Programming since I started writing programming back in 2016. It’s become a ritual for me — I search for a quote that sets the tone for the week, giving our coaches and gym owners a second to reflect, recharge, or re-align with their purpose.

Sometimes the quote hits me harder than I expect. I’ll come across something that speaks exactly to what I’m going through in my own life, and it becomes a reminder of what I need to hear most.

The team's favorite quotes

There’s no shortage of brilliant thinkers, writers, and leaders to draw from. And the best part? Our team has some favorites too — so I thought I’d share a few. Maybe one of these will light a fire under you this week.

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	Josh Godinez “When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” – Jacob A. Riis
	Aimee Everett “Focus on the little things, and build each day brick by brick. Those little things soon become really big things—little by little becomes a lot, right when it matters most.” – Aimee Everett
	Lacey Reynish “Scaling isn’t failing.” – Unknown
	Preslie Hirsch “If you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
	Justin Ahrens “Excuses are the nails you use to build your house of failure.” – Justin Ahrens’ High School Math Teacher
	Steven Fawcett “If it doesn’t fit, don’t Fawcett.” – The Fawcett Family Motto
	Michele Letendre “Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls.” – Maya Angelou
	Mat Fraser “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.” – Jerry Rice
	Matt O’Keefe “All men/women are created equal. Some just work harder.” – Frank Thomas
	Sara Franco “Success is not counted by how high you have climbed, but by how many people you brought with you.” – Dr. Will Rose
	Jake Marconi “Our own history—in America or anywhere in the world—is not a list of the things we’re proud of. It is a list of the things that happened. To get better, to improve, to get closer to ‘a more perfect union,’ we have to gather and put up for review an unflinching history. It’s not always fun... but it’s the only way.” – Ryan Holiday

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What these quotes say about us

It’s cool to see what these quotes reveal about the people on our team. HARD WORK. Grit. Integrity. Growth. These values SHOW UP over and over again — and they’re a big part of what holds us together.

Quotes aren’t just cool tattoos or locker room slogans. They’re snapshots of what we believe and what keeps us going.

Words to end on 

With all this being said, I’ll leave you with powerful words by Theodore Roosevelt that consistently has me reflecting on how courageous I can be and how kind I need to be to those who dare:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."