Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert SchweitzerThere is no work of art that is without shortcuts.
Andre GidePeople who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Andrew Carnegie
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action.
Benjamin Disraeli
Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill GatesIf you have talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
Brendan FrancisThere is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you.
Carol Matthau
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
David Lloyd GeorgeThe finest eloquence is that which gets things done, and the worst is that which delays them.
David Lloyd GeorgeThe world stands aside and lets anyone pass who knows where he is going.
David Starr GordonYou have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
Dr. Wayne W. DyerPeople with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Earl Nightingale
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Edward GibbonI have found power in the mysteries of thought.
EuripidesOnly he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
Frank GainesIn this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.
George Matthew Adams
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton
Ideas without action are worthless.
Harvey MackayKnowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
Heber J. Grant Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
Henry David ThoreauGive what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowOnce you get people laughing, they're listening, and you can tell them almost anything.
Herbert GardnerNobody reads advertising. People read what interests them.
Howard GossageThings don’t turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
James GarfieldIf you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.
Jane GoodallIn my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
Jane SmileyDo something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
Jim HightowerMotivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Jim Ryun
The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs…one step at a time.
Joe GirardAim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
Joel HawesAs soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheStrong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
Kenneth HildebrandNobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.
LiberaceConstant dripping hollows out a stone.
LucretiusNo matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.
Lynn Johnston