Motivational Quotes

When you find yourself in the thickness of pursuing a goal or dream, stop only to rest. Momentum builds success.

The soul is stronger than the ego. It lives to BE, and give. We are of one Light, illuminating ourselves and those whom we love.

My success wasn't so much due to intelligence, but the fact that I stuck with problems longer.

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

If you want to be noticed, dress the part.

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.

Failure is my specialty.

You have all these plans to act, and maybe do it rather elegantly, and then they turn the rain machine on.

We're not playing solitaire out here.

If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.

Even a mediocre idea created and presented with passion can change the world.

Without pain and suffering, we would be nothing

Those wounds stay with you, and you turn them into a language and a purpose.

Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs.

You've got to make a decision: Are you going to go down with the situation, or are you going to focus and succeed? My dream...kept me going.

Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.

If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.

Passion is more developed than discovered.

Choosing to associate with positive, optimistic people will accelerate our positive growth.

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff.

There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

Broke is normal. Why be normal?

Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted but excited, because you came in fifth last time.

Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.

Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.

Never become too good at something you hate, they'll make you do it the rest of your life.

Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.

Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.

When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from.

I ask Laurie it it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie.

Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with nature itself. For this is the true road to freedom.

When you leave this earth, accomplish every single thing you could accomplish.

A bad ending follows a bad beginning.

"You will accomplish a lot more with movement than you will with motivation." So MOVE. Create action. Make plans and stick to them. But above all: Cut Out The Input, And Begin The Output.

We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; personally, I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.' It always means listen closely.

They say reach for the stars and you will get to the moon. I say reach for yourself and you will get to the stars.

Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.

Believe in your potential, not your past.

Personal growth is about progress, not perfection.

I can't think of anything more empowering than the fact that we are destined to be, do and have anything we choose.

If you have no destination, you'll never get there.

Two things help me be a winner. One is I try to stay on an even keel. I don't get too high or too low. Two is I do a lot of visualization. I never see a bad pitch. I always see a good one.

As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and then it’s gone forever.

'Luck' is recognizing when the situation encourages build out and execution.

Try to be transparent, clear and truthful. Even when it is difficult, and above all when it is difficult.

Recognition is the most inexpensive, easy-to-use motivational technique available to management.

There's very few people go the extra mile - so go the extra mile and give it all you've got.

So one thing I want to say about life is don't be scared and don't hang back, and most of all, don't waste it.

Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing.

When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. That begins when we do what we should no matter how we feel about it.