Motivational Quotes - Page 263

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do.

Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ships in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish even unto death, and work.

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.

Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!

I don't drink. I don't kiss girls. These things do an athlete in.

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.

In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results help us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning - and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.

You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.

Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.

I don't care how many friends you have on Facebook or how many followers you have on Twitter. Those are not actual friends or truly followers. I care about how many people will miss you if you're not back here again tomorrow.

In the lives of great men, neither did fate give up, NOR DID THEY.

When you go on vacation with people, you learn a lot about them.

When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.

Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

Now is the time... if you want to make a difference in the world, now is the time. Don't be fooled into thinking you should wait until you are older or wiser or more secure because it doesn't work that way. The wisdom will come. The security will come. But first you must begin.

Every great advancement was once nothing more than a dream in the mind of a visionary.

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

You must spend time every day, even if it is just a few minutes, in practice of creative envisioning.

Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.