Motivational Quotes - Page 103

Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the other.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

You can't tell how much spirit a team has until it starts losing.

They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end.

The great successful men of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building - steadily building.

Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried.

Study everything, but study yourself first.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Through adversity, not only are we given opportunity to discover our inner strength, we are also given the gift of foresight so we can shine a light for others who go through the experience after us.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many fathers, failures have none.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion. The feeling inside was one of pure, utter joy. Excitement, disbelief, relief, hapiness, amazement, the whole works. Id worked so hard. I'd gone through so much, privately, publicly. I'd lost faith in myself and found it again. I'd sometimes stopped believing that I could do it and that I had a purpose in life. I'd come through the darkness, and this, this moment, was the sweetest, most amazing light there could possibly be. I was alive and loving it!

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

Even in the face of massive competition, don't think about the competition. Literally don't think about them. Every time you're in a meeting and you're tempted to talk about a competitor, replace that thought with one about user feedback or surveys. Just think about the customer.

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

Do everything you need to do to keep the passion alive and never forget that it is a privilege to do what you love.

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

Nobody gets to pick their time to die, but living every day to the max is something we all get to do.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Take a lesson from the mosquito. She never waits for an opening - she makes one.