Motivation Quotes - Page 74

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

After a storm comes a calm.

If you understand something in only one way, then you don't really understand it at all. The secret of what anything means to us depends on how we've connected it to all other things we know. Well-connected representations let you turn ideas around in your mind, to envision things from many perspectives until you find one that works for you. And that's what we mean by thinking!

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.

Be the kind of person others admire, can count on, trust, and enjoy spending time with. After you have developed that reputation, people will start to ask you what you do and you will be amazed at how many people will want to work with you. You will attract others based on your character.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Sport is a preserver of health.

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence -- but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious.

Don't sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

The future never just happened. It was created.

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music and art and basketball and activities and joys that people share worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or religious orientation.

A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material.

Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.