Motivational Quotes
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Cross your bridges.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
You are what you think about all day long.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
I love a good fight.
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 is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
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.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
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.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
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.
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.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
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.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
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.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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.
Act or accept.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
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.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
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.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
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.
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.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.