Motivational Quotes

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

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

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it.

The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.

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

Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

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

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.

To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.

It's not about winning or losing a competition, it's about beating the doubt from within yourself and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals.

You can't sleep. Broke people sleep. You got to be willing to sacrifice sleep, if you sleep you may miss the opportunity to be successful.

What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.

Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

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

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

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

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.

My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Find in yourself those human things which are universal.

The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare parts.

I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.

The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different.