Motivational Quotes
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Go after what you want in life, with all the blessings of all the people who care about you. And find out what making your wishes come true really feels like.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Enduring habits I hate.... Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Increase the chances of reaching your goals by working at them gradually. The very best you can do is all that is asked of you.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Cross your bridges.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
I love a good fight.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
You are what you think about all day long.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up ! You're right on track.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Act or accept.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.