Motivational Quotes - Page 77

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Remember God is not surprised by your inabilities, your imperfections, or your faults. He has always known everything about you that you are just now finding out, and he chose you on purpose for himself.

To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change; when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

If you push through the hard days you can get through anything.

One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances.

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.

To the young: Work, work, work, and then work some more!

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Hope for everything, expect nothing.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.