Motivational Quotes - Page 178

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.

You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can recognize it, admit it, learn from it, rise above it, and then try again.

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non - sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

Most champions are built by punch the clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts.

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

I have an addictive personality. Sport is my drug of choice these days. It's one of the best drugs there is. It keeps you fit and healthy, even if, in the case of ironman, it pushes your body to the limit. The word "addiction" comes with negative connotations, but it doesn't have to be a damaging impulse. It's all about channeling your craving into something positive.

It's easier to limit yourself, but if you do, you will never reach your true potential.

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

It is not what you say or hope or wish or intend but only what you do that counts. Your choices tell you unerringly who you really are.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

The more passionate that someone is about something, the more you have to listen to them.

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.

A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.

You get built up and put on a pedestal and then people want to bring you down. It can be hurtful. Some people try to make me look bad or not a nice person but it's completely false.

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.