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“It takes understanding to be outstanding”
Pastor Simeon Nwani
“One sure way to kill a dream, is to suffocate it with worry.”
TemitOpe Ibrahim
“You cannot ‘fit yourself in’ to greatness. This can only be done by embracing and pursuing your biggest dreams and desires.”
Gordana Biernat
“Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome,”
E.A. Bucchianeri
“Anytime you're afraid to try something new...just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.”
Drake
“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.”
Johann Gottfried Von Herder
“To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.”
Stirling Moss
“Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.”
Steve Backley
“Don’t hide what you have just because people tell you it’s not normal. I have known normal people...and guess what? They are as boring as hell...”
Sidney Knight
“It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.”
Steve Backley
“Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.”
Asa Don Brown
“Our perceptions are influenced by our surroundings.”
Asa Don Brown
“You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.”
Steve Backley
“Fear is the Fatal killer of Desire.”
zig ziggler
“Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you like better.”
Yasmina Khadra
“Shrug off the no’s – they are temporary. This is your world. In your world there is only yes.”
Jolene Stockman
“The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.”
Steve Backley
“Through my choices and actions, I have learned the most effective way of speaking to God is without saying a word.”
Steve Maraboli
“Submission to what people call their 'lot' is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another.”
Elizabeth von Arnim
“Trust your passion, identify your dreams, and find the courage to share them with others, no matter how many times they call you a fool.”
Bill Strickland
“On your quest to spirituality it is often required to suspend your rationality; but true spirituality asks that you enhance your rationality.”
Steve Maraboli
“Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author.”
Steve Maraboli
“Along our chosen paths, we all meet up with demons. We must meet them, and battle them, even when they are nothing but mist in the night.”
Heather Graham
“Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality.”
Steve Maraboli
“I ask myself: Are Defeats necessary ?Well,necessary or not, they happen.When we first begin fighting for our dream, we've no experience and make many mistakes.The Secret of life, though,is to fall seven times and to get up eight times !”
Paulo Coelho
“Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“Don’t forget to collect the memories on your journey. Remember, if you only focus on your destination, you will miss out on the benefits of the journey.”
Tanya R. Liverman
“Make peace with your past so you don't mess up the present!”
Marcia Casar Friedman
“Confidence can be learned - but not from a book. Confidence comes from from living.”
Saskia Shakin
“The moon stared at me through sprinkled nighttime stardust and I alone smile.”
Jay Long
“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”
Amit Kalantri
“Comfort zone: simply means the routine of one’s daily life – it is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure.”
Roy T. Bennett
“Those who win never give up.Those who give up never win.”
Roy T. Bennett
“Your rebel soul shines like a diamond pulled from dust: bright, clear and flawless.”
Jay Long
“Hopes, wants and wishes, all cast across the night sky with my heart in tow.”
Jay Long
“Not all things that fall down break. Some develop wings.”
Neelam Saxena Chandra
“Your greatness is measured by your horizons.”
Michelangelo
“Start small and keep going.”
Abhijit Naskar
“If one million of you give assent to the one thousand who participate in the murder of a child, then one million of you are a million times guilty.”
Compton Gage
“Confident Assured Posture: Foundation of Powerful Style”
Cindy Ann Peterson
“Changing a Habit is Never Difficult.Difficult is to Address Your Unwillingness to do it”
Vineet Raj Kapoor
“Learning to focus on the big picture will help you keep things in a proper perspective.”
Roy T. Bennett
“No crime is a means to an end. No crime can be rationalized.”
Compton Gage
“What you wish to be, be.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“If one thousand of you participate in the murder of one child, then one thousand of you are a thousand times guilty.”
Compton Gage
“We put great expectations on our tomorrows when we truly need to rely on ourselves. Far too many overlook personal action, as a means to get things done. Blame is easily passed if one does not hold themselves accountable.”
Jay Long
“Man is not merely born to make money. But to fulfill is mission.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“There is only one thing that is more natural than thinking: breathing. And it is in breathing that we find the door to happiness.”
Mario Maruffi
“If you are paying someone to motivate you (seriously), you should rather pay to a psychiatrist.”
Anupam S Shlok
“Life isn't a struggled to know what's right. It's a struggle to do it.”
Paul Pinelle
“I've had many dreams useless dreams while sleeping. Priceless are those that guide me while awake.”
Paul Pinelle
“Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas.”
E.A. Bucchianeri
“We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Tomorrow will never call to ask your opinion; you don't control it. Stop allowing today's possibilities to be robbed by tomorrow's insecurities.”
Steve Maraboli
“Time is too short in this one life, to be able to do everything, but it definitely is long enough at least to be able to develop the will to do anything & everything...”
Sujit Lalwani
“In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works.”
Amit Kalantri
“The victory over our inner self is a daily struggle. Be strong and do not give up.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“When you practice leadership,The evidence of quality of your leadership, Is known from the type of leaders that emerge out of your leadership”
Sujit Lalwani
“I acquired courage from the masterpieces of sages. I came of age by their instructions to keep going, even in hard times. Then I learnt not to despair, even when it seemed that my world is falling apart. I learnt to possess fortitude.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“You can keep pondering on which thing to do first or which path to take or by simply taking action now of most any kind, you may just find yourself on the way to where you most needed to go.”
April Bryan
“When you start to accept responsibility for the results you get in life, you also take back the power to change your future outcome.”
Kevin Ngo
“Let's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something.”
E.A. Bucchianeri
“A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It will be foolhardy if he does that.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“Be creative enough to dream, brave enough to try, persistent enough to succeed, and humble enough to thank those who helped you along the way.”
Elizabeth Parker
“The results of knowledge without application results in nothing at all. Do what you know better to do.”
Dewayne Owens
“Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“Failure does not connote that you achieved nothing. It denotes that you are on an adventure towards finding what will eventually advance you to the realization of your goals.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“Just like waves in the ocean come and go, no challenge is permanent. Problems will come and go too. We must enjoy the Challenges just like we enjoy the Waves. - RVM.”
rvm
“With a decision and a defined purpose, you can begin work.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“Maybe the secret to continued success is as simple as knowing that your past successes could be done so much better now.”
Bill Loguidice
“Over the years, I've come to realize that determination makes one to punch above one's weight.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows.”
Ogwo David Emenike
“En la vida se tienen pretextos o resultados. Hay quienes piensan que ambas cosas valen lo mismo.”
Andrew Matthews
“Busca, descubre, innova, conoce, encuentra... y sigue buscando.”
Fernando Araya
“It’s been said that legends are those who shape change into greatness; shaping change is one of the hallmarks of genius.”
Julian Pencilliah
“Live! Don't just Exist!!! Don't drag through Life...Live each day as a Celebration.-RVM”
RVM
“That failure serves a purpose!”
Ogwo David Emenike
“Be as successful as a Smith.”
Gregory C Dugger
“Wisdom comes from knowing the order of things...and you are the first order of your business.”
Elaine Marolakos Edelson
“RVM Thoughts for Today - "Things will happen.You can't stop them from happening, but you can control your reaction from making things worse . React Positively. Live Happily ”
RVM
“Problems are everywhere, so are Solutions. Unfortunately, we see more of the Problems than the Solutions.-RVM”
RVM
“Are you living in the moment?”
Asa Don Brown
“If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.”
Steve Backley
“Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control.”
Steve Backley
“Are you seeking to be offended?”
Asa Don Brown
“See it first in your mind, then become it.”
Steve Backley
“Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.”
Steve Backley
“Invest your energy in the things you can control.”
Steve Backley
“What is an unconditional state?”
Asa Don Brown
“A mind filled with negative thoughts makes you feel miserable and inadequate and will lead to failure after failure no matter how hard you try to succeed.”
Steve Backley
“We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness: it is always urgent, ‘here and now,’ without any postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.”
Jose Ortegay Y. Gasset
“If humans can live for 100 years, why do companies die so young.”
Sukant Ratnakar
“Lucky people will focus on what’s in front of them rather than scrabbling about for what they’re searching for.”
Steve Backley
“Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today.”
Steve Backley
“Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes.”
Steve Backley
“They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game.”
Steve Backley
“To think is good. To obsess is bad.”
Steve Backley
“The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.”
Steve Backley
“Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability you tap into, exploit and develop for the future.”
Steve Backley
“When you think a positive thought, you become positive.”
Steve Backley