Motivation Quotes - Page 65

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time leading yourself-your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers. If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

One of my motivations in life is to be a billionaire.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age. The best is yet to come.

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.

I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Everywhere you look you see people searching for love but they're looking in the wrong places. God is love, and they will never find what they're looking for until they find Him.

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.

When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!