I didn’t get to where I am by thinking about it or dreaming about it. I got there by doing it.
.. Estee Lauder, entrepreneur
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
.. Colin Powell, statesman
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
.. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author
He who hesitates is poor!
.. Mel Brooks, writer, director, comedian
No great performance ever came from holding back.
.. Don Greene, Motivational coach, former Green Beret
Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
.. Muhammad Ali, Boxer
Deal first with whatever is causing you the greatest emotional distress. Often this will break the logjam in your work and free you up mentally to complete (the) other tasks.
.. Brian Tracy, Entrepreneur and Motivational coach
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
.. Henry David Thoreau, Essayist
The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it’s very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.
.. Thomas Watson, IBM founder
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
.. John Steinbeck, quoted in Forbes
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
.. Leo Tolstoy, author
If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.
.. Ray Bradbury, writer
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
.. Zig Ziglar, motivational coach
Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
.. Jonas Salk, scientist
I am only one; but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
.. Helen Keller, speaker, author
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
.. Michelangelo, painter, sculptor
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
.. John F. Kennedy, 35th US president
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. .. Roger Bannister, runner
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
.. Nelson Mandela, statesman
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown into flame by another human eing. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this ight.
.. Albert Schweitzer, missionary physician
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
.. Anne Frank, diarist
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
.. Seneca, Roman Philosopher
Dance as if no one’s watching, sing as if no one’s listening, and live every day as if it were your last.
.. Irish proverb
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
.. Eleanor Roosevelt, First lady
The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.
.. Albert Einstein, Physicist
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
.. Annie Dillard, Essayist.
Life is a promise; fulfill it
.. Mother Teresa, Humanitarian.
Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect
.. Leonardo da Vinci, Artist and Architect.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence
in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail
.. Napoleon Hill, author
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything
.. George Bernard Shaw, writer
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives
.. Annie Dillard, essayist
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and
dance like no-one is watching
.. Satchel Paige
The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched. They must be felt with the heart
.. Helen Keller
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the
courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference
.. Serenity Prayer
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly
endless .. Mother Teresa
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a
habit .. Aristotle
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the
dog .. Mark Twain
Live well, laugh often, love much
.. Unknown
If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it ..
Somerset Maugham
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars ..
Les Brown
As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically
liberates others
.. Nelson Mandela
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance ..
Samuel Johnson
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open ..
Thomas Dewar
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a
man of value
.. Albert Einstein
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em Certainly I can
and get busy and find out how to do it
.. Theodore Roosevelt
