motivational quotes

Every wall is a door.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

You can’t put your feet on the ground until you’ve touched the sky.

You either make dust or eat dust.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

He who angers you conquers you.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

If we don’t succeed we run the risk of failure.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

The thing I always say to people is this: ‚If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.‘

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

The only way round is through.

Always do whatever’s next.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

God helps those who help themselves.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Well done is better than well said.

Well begun is half done.

When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.