Quotes & anectdotes from
the wise,
the foolish,
the courageous &
the drunk

motivation

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

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

Well done is better than well said.

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

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

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

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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

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

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.

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

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.

If you think you can do it, you can.

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.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

It's always too early to quit.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Wherever you are - be all there.

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

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

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

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

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

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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

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

Never complain and never explain.

If you can dream it, you can do it.