Motivational Quotes - Page 231

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved.

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows

I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum.

There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

When you live with integrity and value your word over your excuses, you have the power to speak your dreams into existence.

No extraordinary result ever came from mediocre effort.

Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway (Mays).

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual heights without it. No one ever lived without it.

It's very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what's inside of you.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

Groundbreaking innovators generate and execute far more ideas.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

So many books, so little time.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, "I guess that person doesn't know about all my other faults. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned only these."

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.