Motivational Quotes - Page 107

Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself......I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities

We humans fear the beast within the wolf because we do not understand the beast within ourselves.

Believe you can do it. Believing something can be done puts your mind to work for you and helps you find ways to do it.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

[Human beings] will begin to recover the moment we take art as seriously as physics, chemistry or money.

The hardest thing about exercise is to start doing it. Once you are doing exercise regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it.

Running hills breaks up your rhythm and forces your muscles to adapt to new stresses. The result? You become stronger.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.

No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

It ain't what you eat but how you chew it.

I think the point of cinematography, of what we do, is intimacy.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

If you don't feel you have something to prove every day, you'll never improve

In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.

Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.

America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better.

If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

Nothing has to happen for me to feel good! I feel good because I'm alive! Life is a gift, and I revel in it.

All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.