Motivational Quotes - Page 223

The World we all share is given to us in trust. Every choice we make regarding the earth, air, and water around us should be made with the objective of preserving it for all generations to come.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

Real breakthroughs are not found because you want to develop some new technology, but because you are curious and want to find out how the world is.

I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.

Life happened because I turned the pages.

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present.

There's no committee that says, 'This is the type of person who can change the world - and you can't.' Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step. The next step is figuring out how you're going to do it.

Timid salesmen have skinny kids.

A smart salesperson listens to emotions not facts.

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.

You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

What leads to unhappiness is making pleasure the chief aim.

Joy comes from using your potential.

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?

I think and that is all that I am.

Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody. I guess that’s the job I do.

Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.