Motivational Quotes - Page 228

Wanna lose 1200 Calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp.

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

It is always your next move.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society. It has become the way we feel close to each other, because it makes us feel better to see someone else feel as badly as we do. There is an old expression that says, 'Misery likes company,' and people who are suffering in hell don't want to be all alone.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally

When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.

Mediocrity always attacks excellence.

People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription: Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Decide what you want out of a situation. Always have something ahead of you to “look forward to” — to work for and hope for.

You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.

I think I was very nave early on, but that also meant I didn't know what couldn't be done.

It is what I was born for - to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world - to instruct myself over and over.

That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader.

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.

Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.

In imagination, there's no limitation.

Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.

Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer's leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped.

We are each responsible for all of our experiences.