Motivational Quotes - Page 152

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.

People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.

Success is a learnable skill. You can learn to succeed at anything. If you want to be a great golfer, you can learn how to do it. If you want to be a great piano player, you can learn how to do it. If you want to be truly happy, you can learn how to do it. If you want to be rich, you can learn how to do it. It doesn't matter where you are right now. It doesn't matter where you're starting from. What matters is that you are willing to learn.

When you're doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family, you're not going to cheese out. If you don't love something, you're not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much.

If you're afraid of failing you won't get very far

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.

The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.

Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when you don't want them to.

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It's not and it won't. When we make this mistake we tend to spend a lot of time wallowing and/or complaining about what's wrong with life. "It's not fair," we complain, not realizing that, perhaps, it was never intended to be.

The value of an ambitious goal is not measured by what it will bring to you. The worth of a goal is measured by what it will make of you in the process of following and attaining it.

Think about all of the times, situations, and circumstances where you have gotten caught up in making your self right rather than happy... The harder you fight to win, the bigger you lose.

If it hurts, make it hurt more.

Character is what you do when no one is watching.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all you energies on a limited set of targets.

You can do it if you believe you can.

Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.

Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.