Motivational Quotes - Page 221

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.

If you became grateful, right now, for everything that ever happened in your past, how would that impact your view of the future?

When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.

To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

If we only knew that we could have anything we wanted we would set more goals.

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

I love Nautilus and stretching. The results are immediate, and that gives me the motivation to continue.

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.

Work hard. Someone's always watching.

All sports are games of inches.

With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; Without it we are orphaned and adrift.

If the lion didn't bite the tamer every once in a while, it wouldn't be exciting.

A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don't worry so much about what you can't do; just do what you can as only you can do it.

Prepare like no other, know that there was nothing left for you to do when it's all said and done. This way a loss is just a stat. The better man will always win if he prepared like no other.

Happiness, it turns out, is a skill-one that you can train, just like you train your body in the gym. This is the next big public health revolution. Get on board.