Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Winners see what they want. Losers see what they don't want. Don't let the game eat you; you eat the game.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. There are many ways of going forward, but there is only one way of standing still. A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. Doing your best is more important than being the best. Giant oak trees started out as little nuts. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.
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