334 quotes found
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”
“The road to success is always under construction”
“The power of "can't": The word "can't" makes strong people weak, blinds people who can see, saddens happy people, turns brave people into cowards, robs a genius of their brilliance, causes rich peo...”
“It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.”
“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”
“A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.”
“It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.”
“When nothing goes right, you have to face forward and take it on head first.”
“Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.”
“What makes the engine go?Desire, desire, desire.”
“Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it.”
“Perserverance: Outlasting the most rash, pessimistic, cowardly naysayers; those first in line to deny us the dreams never tried. Ourselves.”
“Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.”
“It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.”
“Start even if you don't know how.”
“Newtonian physics runs into problems at the subatomic level. Down there--in the land of hadrons, quarks, and Schrdinger's cat--things gent freaky. The cool rationality of Isaac Newton gives way to ...”
“[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself transforms. Yoga has a magical quality. . . . (20)”
“Ive always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when hes able to motivate one other person. When it comes to making the place run, motivation is everything. You might be able to do the wor...”
“Vladimir, be reasonable, you haven't yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle.”
