All things are difficult before they are easy.
Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.
How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do. When you really believe you can do more, your mind thinks creatively and shows you the way.
Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
You can't talk defeat and expect to have victory. You can't talk lack and expect to have abundance. You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'
We tend to get what we expect.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.
If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.
Don't think small and expect to have a big life.
Instead of looking at our challenges and limitations as something negative or bad, we can begin to look at them as blessings, magnificent gifts that can be used to ignite our imaginations and help us go further than we ever knew we could go.
If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people, you will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.
Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.
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