Motivation Quotes - Page 86

We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.

We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.

If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.

Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.

Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.' Tell this to everyone - 'Have no fear.'

Don't visualize beating the keeper, visualize destroying the keeper.

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

Every fighter should really do that if they can, because if you build a fan base at home first, then once they receive you at home, it'll be easier to be received elsewhere.

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.