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

motivation

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.

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.

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

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.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

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

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

Never complain and never explain.

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.

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

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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

Well done is better than well said.

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

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

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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

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

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

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.

I can, therefore I am.

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

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

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

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

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

Leap, and the net will appear.

If you think you can do it, you can.

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

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

It's always too early to quit.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

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.