Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
People often say motivation doesn't last. But neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.
You never fail until you stop trying.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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