Motivational Quotes - Page 257

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.

Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to be well, we should not be sick.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

The sale begins when the customer says yes.

Listening to the music while stretching her body close to its limit, she was able to attain a mysterious calm. She was simultaneously the torturer and the tortured, the forcer and the forced. This sense of inner-directed self-sufficiency was what she wanted most of all. It gave her deep solace.

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

Make bold moves toward your dreams each day, refuse to stop and nothing can stop you.

The moment you accept responsibility for EVERYTHING in your life, is the moment you gain the power to change ANYTHING in your life.

The more a man dreams, the less he believes.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.

The world needs all the help you can give by way of cheerful, optimistic, inspiring thought and personal example.

If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.

I want players who are always striving to improve.

There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when help is sought.

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

The best advice I got from my aunt, the great singer Rosemary Clooney, and from my dad, who was a game show host and news anchor, was: don't wake up at seventy years old sighing over what you should have tried. Just do it, be willing to fail, and at least you gave it a shot. That's echoed for me all through the last few years.

It's better to be happy doing something you love, even if you don't find success right away.

I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it.

In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first

Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself.