Motivational Quotes
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
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.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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.
We are stripped of every attribute of freedom and eligibility for legal self defence. Our property may be plundered before our eyes, violence may be committed on our persons, even our lives may be taken away, and there is none to regard our complaints. We are denationalized; we are disfranchised.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
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.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
There is no education like adversity.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
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.
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.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
I love a good fight.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
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.
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.
Act or accept.
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.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
You are what you think about all day long.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
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.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
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.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.