99.99% motivational books belong in the trash can.

There's only one you need to read and that's

The Education of a Body Builder by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Here are the most impactful quotes from it.

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Before long, people began looking at me as a special person.

Partly this was the result of my own changing attitude about myself.

I know that if you can change your diet and exercise program to give yourself a different body, you can apply the same principles to anything else (1/2)

The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self-confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work. (2/2)

What I had more than anyone else was drive. I was hungrier than anybody. I wanted it so bad it hurt. I knew there could be no one else in the world who wanted this title as much as I did.