Motivational Quotes
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Cross your bridges.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
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.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
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.
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.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
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.
You are what you think about all day long.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
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 art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Act or accept.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
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.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
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.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
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.
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.
I love a good fight.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
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.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
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.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
The best way out is always through.
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.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.