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

motivation

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.

Leap, and the net will appear.

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

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.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

It's always too early to quit.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wherever you are - be all there.

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.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

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

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

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

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.

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

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

Well done is better than well said.

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

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

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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

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

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.