Motivational Quotes
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
Vision doesn't usually come as a lightening bolt. Rather it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we one day recognize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves and others.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
There is no education like adversity.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
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 is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
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.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
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.
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.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
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.
Cross your bridges.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
The best way out is always through.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, the worst thing you can do is nothing.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
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.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
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.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
I love a good fight.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
You are what you think about all day long.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
Act or accept.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so, but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
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.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.