Motivational Quotes - Page 37

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me'

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

What is past is past. You can do nothing about yesterday and last month and the failures of last year, but you can do everything toward making tomorrow and the rest of your life what you always dreamed it could be.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.

Change before you have to.