Motivational Quotes - Page 188

I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical time. If the race were slow I would get in front and pull it up again. I couldn't stand a slow race. A lot of people seem to get screwed up on tactics. There is only one tactic in a race and that is to always be in a position where you can win it.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

We are what we think.

The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world.

Sometimes people are good, and they do just what they should. But the very same people who are good sometimes are the very same people who are bad sometimes. It's funny but it's true. Its the same isn't it, for me and . . .

Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.

..... your real work is to decide what you want and then to focus upon it. For it is through focusing upon what you want that you will attract it. That is the process of creating

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

The one man team is a complete and total myth.

Spotting talent is one of the essential elements of great leadership.

Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.

In baseball, I was always in control of everything until I let the ball go.

Go out there and swear to this world your oath, not with your words, but with what you do. Not with your hand over your heart, but with your hand outstretched to a world that desperately needs your hand, your help, your insights, your creativity, your honor, your courage. It needs you.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent of how I react to it. And so it is with you. we are in charge of our attitudes.

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.

Dress for success. Image is very important. People judge you by the way you look on the outside.

All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.

I never really lost a game in my career, sometimes I just ran out of time.