Motivational Quotes - Page 258

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.

Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life.

If you are strong enough, there are no precedents.

Both desire and imagination are stored in the mind of the individual and when stretched, both have the potential to position a person for greatness.

Do not go through life; grow through life.

Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best we possibly can and to refrain from complaining about it. Where ever you find yourself and in whatever circumstances, give an impeccable performance.

In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level

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

Stop sitting there with your hands folded looking on, doing nothing; Get into action and live this full and glorious life. Now. You have to do it.

It takes practice to hear your true desires. Your passion will often come as a whisper or serendipitous event that reminds you of what's important and what makes you happy.

Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being.

It is our attitude toward life that determines life's attitude toward us. We get back what we put out.

There is the truth about the marathon and very few of you have written the truth. Even if I explain to you, you'll never understand it, you're outside of it.

When you are in deep distress and cannot restrain some expression of it, sit down and write out a harsh letter venting your anger. But don't send it.

It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and commitment.

Every single element, even the most hair-raising, can be improved.

Prototype as if you are right. Listen as if you are wrong.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

You are truly successful when you can extend a strong hand to someone who is reaching out or just trying to hang on.

Expect to succeed even before you start. All winners, no matter what their game, start with the expectations that they are going to succeed. Winners say, "I want to do this and I CAN do this", not "I would like to do this, but I don't think I can."

Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.

We forget sometimes that there are saints living among us. When we meet them, we are reminded, not just of the presence of pure divinity right here on earth, but also of our own potential, and of the responsibility we have to try to live up to it, for our own sakes and for the very future of this planet.