Opportunities are like sunrises.

If you wait too long, you miss them.

Forget about all the reasons why
something may not work. You only
need to find one good reason why it
will.
The difference between a successful
person and others is not a lack of
strength, not a lack of knowledge, but
rather in a lack of will.
The most important thing about
motivation is goal setting. You should
always have a goal.
In my experience, there is only one
motivation, and that is desire. No
reasons or principle contain it or stand
against it.
People often say that motivation
doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing
-- that's why we recommend it daily.
Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.
If you believe you can, you probably
can. If you believe you won't, you most
assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition
switch that gets you off the launching
pad.
Our greatest glory consists not in
never falling, but in rising every time
we fall.
When we accept tough jobs as a
challenge and wade into them with
joy and enthusiasm, miracles can
happen.
Human beings, by changing the inner
attitudes of their minds, can change
the outer aspects of their lives
We should be taught not to wait for
inspiration to start a thing. Action
always generates inspiration.
Inspiration seldom generates action.
A positive attitude may not solve all
your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the
effort.
Real confidence comes from knowing
and accepting yourself—your
strengths and your limitations - in
contrast to depending on affirmation
from others.
To accomplish great things, we must
not only act but also dream. Not only
plan but also believe
It had long since come to my attention
that people of accomplishment rarely
sat back and let things happen to them.
They went out and happened to things.
Action itself, so long as I am convinced
that it is right action,gives me
satisfaction.
It’s not the oath that makes us believe
the man, but the man who says the
oath.
If you believe you can, you probably
can. If you believe you won't, you most
assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition
switch that gets you off the launching
pad
Progress always involves risks. You
can't steal second base and keep your
foot on first.
To live only for some future goal is
shallow. It's the sides of the mountain
that sustain life, not the top.
Each morning when I open my eyes I
say to myself: I, not events, have the
power to make me happy or unhappy
today. I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't
arrived yet. I have just one day, today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.
There are no great people in this
world, only great challenges which
ordinary people rise to meet.
When one door closes, another opens;
but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that
we do not see the one that has opened
for us.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what
of that? We must have perseverance
and above all confidence in ourselves.
We must believe that we are gifted for
something and that this thing must be
attained.
Above all, challenge yourself. You
may well surprise yourself at what
strengths you have, what you can
accomplish.
If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost; that is
where they should be. Now put the
foundations under them.
Having once decided to achieve a
certain task, achieve it at all costs of
tedium and distaste. The gain in self-
confidence of having accomplished a
tiresome labor is immense.
Do not confuse motion and progress.
A rocking horse keeps moving but
does not make any progress.
Someone's sitting in the shade today
because someone planted a tree a long
time ago.
To think is easy. To act is hard. But
the hardest thing in the world is to act
in accordance with your thinking.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you
may look back and realize they were
the big things.
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not
reaching your goal. The tragedy lies
in having no goal to reach.
If you're not failing every now and
again, it's a sign you're not doing
anything very innovative.
If you're made of the right material, a
hard fall is bound to result in a high
bounce.
It is your attitude and not your
aptitude that determines your altitude.
Size isn't everything. The whale is
endangered, while the ant continues to
do just fine.
I still feel like I gotta prove something.
There are a lot of people hoping I fail.
But I like that. I need to be hated.
It is not because things are difficult
that we do not dare; it is because we
do not dare that things are difficult.
Many of life's failures are people who
did not realize how close they were to
success when they gave up.