Motivational Quotes - Page 167

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

There are so many negatives in our society. To be on the cover of a magazine these days, you have to have been through drug rehab three times. What message is this giving to young people? But there are positives in our society. And I try to surround myself with good-natured, positive people.

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

Think Big! Expand your thinking first and your situation will soon follow.

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore.

The best fighter is never angry.

You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.

Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Sometimes you have to get rid of something that's good, and tinker with something that's better.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being.

If you can see the invisible, God will do the impossible.

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.

If you hear a good idea, capture it; write it down. Don't trust your memory. Then on a cold wintry evening, go back through your journal, the ideas that changed your life, the ideas that saved your marriage, the ideas that bailed you out of bankruptcy, the ideas that helped you become successful, the ideas that made you millions. What a good review-going back over the collection of ideas that you gathered over the years. So be a collector of good ideas for your business, for your relationships, for your future.

Don't spend most of your time on the voices that don't count, voices that are going to add too little worth to your future. Don't waste time on the shallow and the silly. Tune those voices out and tune in voices that are going to add something to your life

You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.