Motivation Quotes - Page 17

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Fear kills more people than death.

Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I'm going to make it.

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It's not failure but aiming too low, that is life's greatest tragedy.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

The ability to know that your perceptions are accurate has to happen without others' validation. Intuition is not the result of diet, rituals, or wind chimes. It's the natural consequence of having self-esteem, the greatest power you can have. With self-esteem, your life can broaden into an adventure because you can know in your gut that you can handle the unknown. And you can handle helping others without fear, which is true liberation.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

The best way out is always through.

If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.