Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
Marcus AureliusJust try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?
Michelle ObamaI am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don’t know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying – please let me live until I am finished.
Haruki MurakamiThis is not a bad life.
Stephen KingSuch is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
Samuel JohnsonLife and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
Lao TzuDeath may be the greatest of all human blessings.
SocratesWhat is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
Henry David ThoreauPeople want you to fail.
Lady GagaThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
HippocratesIf you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?
Jocko WillinkIn a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mahatma GandhiPretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.
Virat KohliWhat we live by we die by.
Robert FrostI’m spending a year dead for tax reasons.
Douglas AdamsVictory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon BonaparteWhenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
Lou HoltzThe outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Thomas CarlyleNever allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
Eleanor RooseveltSome desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Samuel JohnsonTo reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.
Franklin D. RooseveltFaith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
John RuskinHe who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Dylan ThomasGenius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
F. Scott FitzgeraldEveryone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
Bill GatesIf you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.
Jim RohnIt’s a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can’t stop playing the game the way you’ve always played it.
Richard M. NixonThe last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.
Blaise PascalI think my vice would be outdoing myself.
Kendrick LamarOf course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.
Ayrton SennaWhether for life or death, do your own work well.
John RuskinBe miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.
Wayne DyerIt’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BonoWithout a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
Jim RohnYou’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.
Dolly PartonThe good part about youngsters is that they are so fearless. You want to be like them.
Sunil ChhetriThe presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
Wayne DyerI like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.
Dwayne JohnsonMy celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.
Mr. TFree people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Jean-Jacques RousseauWhen you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.
Paulo CoelhoA worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.
Russell M. NelsonI dwell in possibility.
Emily DickinsonI just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
Clint EastwoodBecause a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
Marcus AureliusNothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
Thomas CarlyleThe mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Henry David ThoreauThere will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.
DrakeWe will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.
Dan QuayleWhat a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
Abraham MaslowYou see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamToday is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
Dale CarnegieInfinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.
Mahatma GandhiIf you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.
Richard BransonThe art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
EpicurusIf you don’t live your life, then who will?
RihannaLife’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Benjamin FranklinBread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need – not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment.
John Muir