Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

motivational

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

I can, therefore I am.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Leap, and the net will appear.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

If you think you can do it, you can.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

It's always too early to quit.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

After a storm comes a calm.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Wherever you are - be all there.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

Never complain and never explain.

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.

Well done is better than well said.

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.