To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
— Many times knowing what you don’t want to do opens up the path to know what you do want to do.
— Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
— I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk.
— The trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
— You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
— Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
— If you think you can do it, or think you cannot do it; You are right.
— 1. Start very small. 2. Do only one change at a time. 3. Be present and enjoy the activity (don’t focus on results). 4. Be grateful for every step you take.
— Talk doesn’t cook rice.
— Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture…Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.
— It is okay to ask what you can give to yourself. In fact, it’s very okay. Personal ambition, personal happiness, and personal spiritual development stoke the fires of desire, of yearning, and of achievement. They are the cornerstones of evolution.
— The path of joy involves valuing yourself and monitoring where you put your time.
— The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
— Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Dream is also just a word until you decide to fight for it with all your enthusiasm and commitment
— If you are hopeful and determined, you will always find some measure of success. Winning the gold medal does not matter. You will have tried your best.
— The greatness you seek is within you. Look inside yourself and find the voice you’ve been ignoring for so long.
— In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
— The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
— Our visions begin with our desires.
— What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
— Personally I have struggled massively with the dilemma of talent vs desire. Choosing desire may not always be the easiest thing to do. It may seem a waste to leave those natural talents behind and strike out in a new direction. But at least you’ll feel alive.
— The brick walls in your way aren’t there to keep you out. They’re there to give you a chance to show how much you want it, and to keep out everyone else who doesn’t want it as much as you do.
— May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful And don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
— It’s never crowded along the extra mile.
— How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never’.
— The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
— I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
— Go to Sleep with Visions of What you Love. Let your Dream Vision Marinate Overnight.
— Whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve.
— Do it because you would, not because you think you should.
— Dwell in possibility.
— Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do the best.
— Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
— When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.
— The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
— If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things.
— You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
— If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
— You choose to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, help or hinder, succeed or fail.
— A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
— The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
— I think only about what I can do now. By thinking small, I accomplish great things.
— There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.
— Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
— If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.
— Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
— Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
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