Motivational Quotes - Page 133

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

It's realizing that a great dream is not as good as a great memory. The dream can be had by anyone. The memory - must be made.

Certainly take the advice of others but always, always be yourself.

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes!

One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Individuals who succeed have a belief in the power of commitment. If there's a single belief that seems almost inseparable from success, it's that there's no great success without commitment. If you look at successful people in any field, you'll find they're not necessarily the best and the brightest, the fastest and the strongest. You'll find they're the ones with the most commitment.

Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.

The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.

They tell me what to wear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently I had given into that pressure, I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I tried to change who I am because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized I don't know how to be anything but myself.

You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.