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Archeologists Uncover Cluster of Lost Cities in Ecuadorian Amazon
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Archeologists Uncover Cluster of Lost Cities in Ecuadorian Amazon

byGreatNewsPodJanuary 18, 2024January 18, 2024
A series of linked ancient cities have been discovered in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest. This…
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009 – Iceland Sets Goal to be FIRST Carbon Neutral Country
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009 – Iceland Sets Goal to be FIRST Carbon Neutral Country

byGreatNewsPodMarch 31, 2023February 19, 2026
Human Brain Tissue Implanted in Mice Responds to Light Just Like Other Brain Tissue. A…
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The Size and Scope of the Mayan Empire is revealed by LiDAR Survey in Guatemala.
Civilization

The Size and Scope of the Mayan Empire is revealed by LiDAR Survey in Guatemala.

byGreatNewsPodJanuary 4, 2023June 16, 2023
With the help of LiDAR the size and scope of the Mayan Empire has been…
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the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day
the Daily Quote – Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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.

Will Rogers – “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
byAndrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day

Welcome to the Daily Quote, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host Andrew McGivern and this episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast. Link is in the show notes.

Today's quote has been attributed to Will Rogers for decades and while the original source can't be verified, it so perfectly captures the spirit of the man that it's hard to imagine it belonging to anyone else. Rogers was a Cherokee cowboy-philosopher who dropped out of school in the tenth grade to become a cowboy, went on to travel the world three times, make 71 movies, and write more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. He was a man who never once sat still.

He may or may not have said…

”Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”The first half of that sentence is what most people want. To be on the right track. Direction confirmed. Values aligned. Path chosen. You're pointed the right way. And then the second half takes the comfort away completely.

You'll get run over if you just sit there.Because being right about the direction is only half the equation. The other half, the half that most people underestimate, is continuous forward movement. The track doesn't carry you. You have to move yourself.

Think about what sitting on the right track actually looks like in real life. The person with the right business idea who keeps refining the plan instead of launching. The person with the right relationship who stops investing in it because the foundation feels solid. The person who found the right career path and then coasted, assuming that being in the right place was enough to make things happen. The business owner who is in the right industry at the right time but doesn't make the sales calls thinking the product will sell itself.The direction was correct.

But the momentum never started. And if you can't get up to speed then you get run over.Rogers understood this from experience. He put in the hard work and long hours to succeed. He wasn't just philosophically committed to forward motion. He lived it. He wrote books, articles, a syndicated newspaper column, frequently performed on radio, and was a popular after-dinner speaker, all simultaneously, all at full speed, right up until the plane crash in Alaska that ended his life at 55.

He never coasted. He never sat.The right track is a gift. But it is not a guarantee. It is the beginning of the work, not the end of it.So here's the question: Where in your life are you currently on the right track, but not doing the work to pick up speed and get some momentum, assuming the right direction is enough?

Because Rogers' warning isn't about people heading the wrong way. It's for people who got the hard part right, who found the track, and then stopped. The ones who most need to hear it are the ones who least expect to.You found the track. Now keep moving.

That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern — I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

Will Rogers – “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
Will Rogers – “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
May 24, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
John Lennon – “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love…”
May 23, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Aristotle – “A friend to all is a friend to none.”
May 22, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Carl Jung – “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
May 21, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
André Gide – “Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
May 20, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Michelangelo – “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
May 19, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Robert Frost – “The only way out is through.”
May 18, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Naval Ravikant – “It’s not 10,000 hours. It’s 10,000 iterations.”
May 17, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Fyodor Dostoyevsky – “Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.”
May 16, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
Dwight D. Eisenhower – “What is important is seldom urgent, and what is urgent is seldom important.”
May 15, 2026
Andrew McGivern - Motivational Quotes and Daily Inspiration | Quote of the Day
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Great News | Inspiring Stories, Positive Developments and Good News
Great News | Inspiring Stories, Positive Developments and Good News

The Great News Podcast is your source for positive news, inspiring stories, and good news from around the world. We skip the doom and gloom of mainstream media to focus on scientific breakthroughs, environmental wins, and the inspiring news that proves the world is getting better. Join Andrew McGivern for a dose of optimism and uplifting stories that will change your perspective on human progress.
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Keep looking for the good in the world, because it is not only there – its everywhere.

Laser-Fast Internet and Epigenetic Health
byAndrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration

The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.

Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.

Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.

Turning Sunlight and Seawater into Hydrogen

How Stapled Peptides Could Change Cancer Treatment

Turning Off Bad Genes

How Laser Tech Is Rewriting the Rules of WirelessAnd don’t forget to stick around for the speed round where we’ll celebrate a historic victory against an ancient disease.Chile Eliminates Leprosy

Revolutionizing Brain Research and Treatment!

China’s Gigantic Battery

How CAR T Therapy Is Learning to Fight Cancer Smarter

If you like the Great News Podcast, you will love the Great News Letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great but the Great News Letter is Greater!

The Great News Letter is an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE and get all the good news delivered to your email inbox.

For this episode we got some feedback from Brian de V. You can leave feedback for the show too by going to greatnewspodcast.com/feedback.

Or if you listen in Spotify – leave a comment right there as you listen.

Until next time… and there will be a next time.

Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!

Laser-Fast Internet and Epigenetic Health
Laser-Fast Internet and Epigenetic Health
April 14, 2026
Andrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration
The Longevity Revolution: Replicating Decades of Aging and Turning Nuclear Waste into Power
April 9, 2026
Andrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration
Reversing Blindness with Cellular Rejuvenation and the Beating Heart-on-a-Chip
April 1, 2026
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Self-Spreading CRISPR and the Sun Battery That Outperforms Lithium-Ion
March 18, 2026
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Cancer-Eating Bacteria, 10-Passenger Flying Taxis, and the First Moon Harvest
March 9, 2026
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Can We Bottle the Sun? Plus the AI Tool Outperforming Doctors in Rare Disease Diagnosis
March 7, 2026
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Lower Crime and More Energy
March 3, 2026
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Saving the Banana and Reversing Brain Aging
February 28, 2026
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Mushroom Boxes and Bacterial Mating
February 25, 2026
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How AI is Designing Custom Antibodies and Curing Cancer
February 21, 2026
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    Will Rogers – “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

    byAndrew McGivernMay 24, 2026

    John Lennon – “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love…”

    byAndrew McGivernMay 23, 2026

    Aristotle – “A friend to all is a friend to none.”

    byAndrew McGivernMay 22, 2026

    Carl Jung – “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”

    byAndrew McGivernMay 21, 2026May 21, 2026
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    Laser-Fast Internet and Epigenetic Health
    byAndrew McGivern | Good News Podcast Host - Positive News and Inspiration

    The Great News podcast is brought to you by the Daily Quote.

    Today, a discovery that could turn our oceans into a source of clean, green fuel. That's our lead story today.

    Plus, we’ll look at a ”molecular staple” for hard-to-treat cancers, a way to silence cholesterol without permanently altering your DNA, and a wireless system that’s twice as efficient as Wi-Fi.

    Turning Sunlight and Seawater into Hydrogen

    How Stapled Peptides Could Change Cancer Treatment

    Turning Off Bad Genes

    How Laser Tech Is Rewriting the Rules of WirelessAnd don’t forget to stick around for the speed round where we’ll celebrate a historic victory against an ancient disease.Chile Eliminates Leprosy

    Revolutionizing Brain Research and Treatment!

    China’s Gigantic Battery

    How CAR T Therapy Is Learning to Fight Cancer Smarter

    If you like the Great News Podcast, you will love the Great News Letter. Because the Great News Podcast is Great but the Great News Letter is Greater!

    The Great News Letter is an email newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE and get all the good news delivered to your email inbox.

    For this episode we got some feedback from Brian de V. You can leave feedback for the show too by going to greatnewspodcast.com/feedback.

    Or if you listen in Spotify – leave a comment right there as you listen.

    Until next time… and there will be a next time.

    Keep looking for the good in the world because no only is it there, its everywhere!

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    April 14, 2026
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