Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe RuthPower is competence.
Jordan PetersonMen are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
EpictetusThe foolish man conceives the idea of ‚self.‘ The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of ‚self;‘ thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
BuddhaYou can’t go backward in life.
Jordan PetersonThere are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.
Hunter S. ThompsonAnd finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren’t any other people living in the world.
Anne FrankThe healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
Colin PowellI’m not the most patient of people.
Kobe BryantThe major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Jim RohnPeace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Martin Luther King, Jr.In my later years, I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.
Ray BradburyI have been a professor, and I have been a policymaker, and as a professor, you think in terms of truth or absolutes.
Henry KissingerThere are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Napoleon HillGood intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.
Joyce MeyerI heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.
Audrey HepburnKeep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.
Joel OsteenI don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
Marilyn MonroeIntellectual passion drives out sensuality.
Leonardo da VinciMy only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.
Muhammad AliIt’s one of the few regrets of my presidency – that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There’s no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I’ll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.
Barack ObamaAsking 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.
Jim RohnIt take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail.
Bob MarleyA pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
George S. PattonA man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
Will RogersIt’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.
Joel OsteenThe more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
ConfuciusOn the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.
Virat KohliA nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. KennedyNo great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
Theodore RooseveltTruth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Albert CamusEverything is an open book. I don’t speak on other people’s hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I’m going to talk about it. That’s what my fan base appreciates the most. I’m universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.
Kevin HartNever let yesterday use up too much of today.
Will RogersIf they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
Muhammad AliWhatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.
Stephen CurryDon’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIs there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
VoltaireHe who is brave is free.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaYou must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
Richard M. NixonI went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.
Nipsey HussleReason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
C. S. LewisModesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Joseph AddisonEver since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.
Bruce LeeTruth is weirder than any fiction I’ve seen.
Hunter S. ThompsonYou can’t have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
Ruth Bader GinsburgThe important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
George EliotAll the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Mahatma GandhiI believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
H. L. MenckenWe are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
Douglas MacArthurIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
C. S. LewisI explain the law of compensation like this: ‚Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time.
Robert KiyosakiYou may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
Michelle ObamaBeware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
Kurt VonnegutThe finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
Richard M. NixonI’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.
Amy WinehouseA man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
Ernest HemingwayStrength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerOver the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.
Joyce MeyerReflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles DickensHow many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
Coco Chanel