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• Momentum:  The impetus gained by a moving object.  Oxford Dictionery
• Momentum: The force that keeps an object moving or keeps an event developing after it has started.  Cambridge Dictionary
• Momentum:  Force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events.  Dictionary.com
• Momentum: Strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events.  Merriam Webster
• Action,  Making a start,  Progress,  Power,  Strength

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• Chance favors those in motion.  James Austin 
• When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift. Justina Chen Headley
• Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.  Alexis Carrel

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Create momentum by setting goals that excite you and following through on them 

• 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. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without firs taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.  Tony Robbins
• Whatever beginning goals you set for yourself, following through on them will build momentum and a sense of achievement and those small success will point the way to bigger ones.  Pamela Glass Kelly
• One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. Michael Korda
• Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it. Fitzhugh Dodson
• Goal setting

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Create momentum by making a start 

• It can take a good amount of energy and initiative to get yourself started in a new activity – but it takes far, far less to keep yourself doing it once you’ve started.  Jeff Olson
• It takes considerable energy to get yourself into motion and moving. But it takes much less energy to keep yourself moving, once you get going. Brian Tracy
• And if you start small, you don’t need a lot of motivation to get started either.  The simple act of getting started and doing something will give you the momentum you need, and soon you’ll find yourself in a positive spiral of changes – one building on the other.  Marc and Angel Chernoff
• So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin. W. Clement Stone
• Making a start

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Create momentum by taking determined action 

• The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true — action precedes motivation. You have to “prime the pump” and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.  Robert J. McKain
• It becomes easier and easier to be motivated and to stay enthusiastic when you see the concrete results of your actions. The action-result-motivation snowball begins to build, and gain momentum. However, to get the snowball rolling, we must take action.  Amanda Harvey
• To create momentum in your life “Never leave the scene of a decision without taking action” The action has to be 1) in support of your decision no matter how insignificant the action might seem, and 2) the action has to be something you’re willing to do right now.
• Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfilment. Marcus Buckingham
• Action

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Create momentum by having the courage to make mistakes 

• If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.  Holly Near
• Mistakes,  Failure,  Courage

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Create momentum through success 

• When you’re that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can’t really tell whether you have created the momentum or it’s creating you.  Annie Lennox
• Recognize every little step that you take towards what you want and enjoy the process, rather than waiting for the final result before you feel the reality of your success. Success breeds success, so the more you can enjoy every little piece of movement towards what you want, the more momentum you will gain. Mark Hansfield
• Success

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Create momentum through enthusiasm 

• Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.  Bryant McGill
• Enthusiasm

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Create momentum by making an effort 

• Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.  Charles J Givens 
• Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.  Max McKeown
• Effort,  Diligence,  Hard work

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Create momentum by focusing on your strengths 

• I often get tempted to work on my weaknesses.  What happens when I do is drain my energy.  At best, I get mediocre results. When I play to my strengths, I keep a high level of energy. This energy builds momentum and it’s the key to how I get results.  J.D. Meier
• Grow your strengths,  Talent

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Create momentum through decisive action 

• Nothing builds momentum like decisive action. Similarly, nothing kills momentum like confusion and a lack of clarity. Just decide. J.D. Meier
• Action,  Decision making

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Create momentum by creating routines 

• Most of life is routine – dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration, you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. Ben Nicholas
• Rituals and routines

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Create momentum by pushing your limits and banishing excuses 

• The BIG push means being able to develop and sustain momentum toward your goal; it is the process of actively replacing excuses with winning habits, the ultimate excuses blockers. Moreover, it is being willing to go to the wall for what you want or believe in, to push beyond your previous mental and physical limits, no matter what it takes. Lorii Myers
• Limitation,  Excuses

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What action can you take today to create momentum? 

• Success comes from taking the initiative and following up… persisting… eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?  Tony Robbins
• Action

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Don’t destroy your momentum by thinking too much 

• Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.  Tom Watson 
• They say every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and once something is set on motion, it can’t help but to build a momentum.   Gossip Girl 
• Incessant thinking

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Break your inertia through action 

• All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. Dorothea Brande
• To change the pattern of life takes an act of will. It requires a wrench and a jerk. It is not enough to think wistfully about the need to change your job; you will remain as you are unless you summon your resolve, persevere in your determination and then act.  Charlie Templeton
• The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force. W. Clement Stone
• There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct — not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration. Thomas Hardy
• Nothing happens until something moves. Albert Einstein
• Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
• The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. Elbert Hubbard

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