Motivational Quotes

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

Many things have fallen only to rise higher.

There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.

There isn't anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

Accept people and situations as they are in life and then take action. The moment you do this, you'll see you are out of the confusion about anything in life.

If you find something that you feel you belong to, become a groupie and a fan, and then a critic.

When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe.

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.

Focus on all four of your net worth factors: increasing your income, increasing your savings, increasing your investment returns, and decreasing your cost of living by simplifying your lifestyle.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.

Action will delineate and define you.

Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.

I believe one of the most important priorities is to do whatever we do as well as we can.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.

When you know and feel the miracle that you are, you become certain that nothing is impossible for you.

Lie down so I can recognise you

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.

The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

You can have more, be more and do more because you can change the person you are.

There's something so magnificent about you. And as you love yourself, you'll love others.

I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.

The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.

I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.

If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope.

When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.