Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
You are what you think about all day long.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
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.
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.
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.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Cross your bridges.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Act or accept.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
There is no education like adversity.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
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.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
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.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
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.
I love a good fight.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead 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.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
The best way out is always through.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do 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.
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.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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 best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.