Motivational Quotes - Page 78

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have. All of it has an effect.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Even if we lose the wealth of thousands, and our life is sacrificed, we...should keep smiling and be cheerful keeping our faith in God and Truth.

The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

Have fun, because that's what life is all about.

Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel. 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss. Keep integrity at every cost.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.