Motivational Quotes - Page 128

I'm proud that I was one of the first ones out, singing loud and proud.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

The useless men are those who never change with the years.

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

You can do anything if you have enthusiasm.

The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.