Motivation Quotes - Page 40

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

What is past is past. You can do nothing about yesterday and last month and the failures of last year, but you can do everything toward making tomorrow and the rest of your life what you always dreamed it could be.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.

Change before you have to.

You can manifest the life you truly want with clear intention, emotional intelligence and imagination...like it or not, your life is what you have chosen.

When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.

What you are will show in what you do.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.

He who stops being better stops being good.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of motivation, among other functions. The hypothalamus controls the "Four F's": fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.