Motivational Quotes - Page 118

One of the difficulties in bringing about change in an organization is that you must do so through the persons who have been most successful in that organization, no matter how faulty the system or the organization is. To such persons, you see, it is the best of all possible organizations, because look who was selected by it ad look who succeeded most in it. Yet, these are the very people through whom we must bring about improvements.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

You can stay young as long as you learn.

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

If you never change your mind, why have one?

A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.

Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.

When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near!

The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.