If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
Jim RohnMen of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
Leonardo da VinciThat he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
Joseph AddisonEven if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMy powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
Isaac NewtonNo one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
BuddhaIt is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
Mahatma GandhiHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne FrankInstead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Dale CarnegieStay hungry, stay foolish.
Steve JobsSometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.
Charles SpurgeonI do believe in self-help.
Clint EastwoodHe that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund BurkeIdeas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
Jim RohnI haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.
Billy GrahamI kept writing not because I felt I was so good, but because I felt they were so bad, including Shakespeare, all those. The stilted formalism, like chewing cardboard.
Charles BukowskiOnly stupid people are changed by success.
Jurgen KloppTell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
Paulo CoelhoYou may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
EpictetusHumble people ask for help.
Joyce MeyerMy justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.
Amy WinehouseSuccess is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
John RuskinI’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.
Maya AngelouThe answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.
Ray BradburyDevelop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian TracyDon’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.
Eckhart TolleThere is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.
Eckhart TolleIf you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.
Ray BradburyThere are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.
Joyce MeyerRemind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.
Robert GreeneOne of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you’re allowed to fail.
David ByrneLive out of your imagination, not your history.
Stephen CoveyEverything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
Kobe BryantI myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.
Marilyn MonroeFor good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
PlatoNot being afraid to be wrong – I had to learn how to do that.
Michelle Obama‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.
Nipsey HussleI’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
Kobe BryantI’m always trying. Between every book, I think, ‚Well now, it’s time to get down to the serious stuff.‘
Alice MunroYour timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all.
Wayne DyerKind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Blaise PascalThe majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Napoleon HillJust as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.
Leonardo da VinciFreedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
Albert CamusYour decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Brian TracyHe that can have patience can have what he will.
Benjamin FranklinYour big opportunity may be right where you are now.
Napoleon HillBe faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother TeresaKeep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Theodore RooseveltSpeakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale CarnegieBetter to fight for something than live for nothing.
George S. PattonHuman behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
PlatoBetter keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
George Bernard ShawEradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.
Bill GatesI brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.
Richard M. NixonWe can never make ourselves better by trying… praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don’t get me wrong… it’s not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it’s good. It’s just that doing them in God’s power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.
Joyce MeyerI have wasted my hours.
Leonardo da VinciOf course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.
Lando NorrisOnly he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Henry David Thoreau