Motivational Quotes
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.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
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.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
There is no education like adversity.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
You are what you think about all day long.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
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.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
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.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
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.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
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.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
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.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
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.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
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.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
Cross your bridges.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
Act or accept.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
I love a good fight.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
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.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
The best way out is always through.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day