Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.

In my career as a director, there’s always been some point where you get halfway through it, or three-quarters, and you go: ‚What is this thing all about, and why am I telling the story? Does anybody really care about seeing this?‘ At that time you have to say: ‚OK, forget that and just go ahead.‘

No man is hurt but by himself.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.

Losing is not an option in Kolkata. It’s not easy, a lot of players even quit.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

There are certain characteristics that define a good chimp mother. She is patient, she is protective but she is not over-protective – that is really important. She is tolerant, but she can impose discipline. She is affectionate. She plays. And the most important of all: she is supportive.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

My rule is to break one sweat a day.

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

When you tell a recruiter that you’re almost 300 pounds and you want to be a SEAL, it doesn’t go too well. I got hung up on a lot.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

I have trouble with letting go. That’s my problem.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

If you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

You can be passionate about anything.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I’ll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‚I’m with you kid. Let’s go.‘

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.