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Stories, Poems and Notes to Self
Thoughts from Teachers / By Teachers
"MOTIVATIONAL & POSITIVE QUOTES"
"REMEMBER THIS..."
August 27, 2008
" I will always be a strong woman, even on my weakest days."
Copyright © 2008 Renee Scalfani
This quote came to me when I was thinking about the emotional rollercoaster I've been on lately.
August 27, 2008
" Mistakes make Masters."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dhananjayan TK --- India
We can learn from our mistakes because mistakes are the steps to success.
August 27, 2008
" Remember this when you are fighting uphill battles; you can see the peak and your enemy can't."
Written in 2008 by J. Lynch --- Virginia
August 25, 2008
" Greatest thing you can do to help yourself is believe in you."
Written in 2007 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
August 25, 2008
" Champions are not supernatural. They just fight again and again when everyone else quits. Their constant efforts and hard work gives them victory."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Irfan Ansari --- India
August 25, 2008 " Life is a gamble! In order to succeed we must be willing to take a chance. If we don't take the risks we won't lose; if we do, we can either win or lose. But you'll never know unless you take that risk." Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.V. --- Texas August 20, 2008 " If it's worth a dream, then it's not worth a compromise." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sushma Ravikiran --- India August 20, 2008 " I'm like rust. Rust never sleeps. No matter how people push me, like rust, I never give up because rust always gets what it wants. It finds its way through every corner, even ones you didn't expect. You can call me anything, but like rust, I'll get you sooner or later - but I will definitely get you. So don't rest, because I'm not." My friend --- Submitted by Charles Kok These words skyrocketed my spirit. August 20, 2008 " Success is finding your passion and living it daily." Written in 2008 by Amber Thompson --- North Carolina August 20, 2008 " If you try hard enough, there is nothing you can't do; the second time is always easier." Tom Giel --- Submitted by Charles M. --- Florida In memory of Tom "THE TIC TOCK MAN" August 18, 2008 " Ideas… plus Enthusiasm… plus ACTION… will amount to Significant Results, if you go after a VISION with belief that IT'S possible - on a daily basis." Copyright © 2008 Ty Howard --- Submitted by Derrick Hayes --- Georgia August 18, 2008 " It's not all closed doors that are locked...some are closed on the account of weather." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Thapelo Jonas --- South Africa Sometimes we are afraid to knock at certain doors in our lives, be it in business or in our personal endeavors. We fear rejection and failure, but it's of paramount importance to realize that behind some of those doors, are your breakthroughs. August 18, 2008 " There is always a space at the top of the mountain." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sunny Barnwal --- India People around me used to say that the course I was taking was a tough one. But in my view, if you work hard, no one will stop you from achieving your destiny. August 13, 2008 " Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition,such as lifting weights,we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity." Stephen Covey August 13, 2008 " It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him." John Steinbeck August 13, 2008 " The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and an actualizer... He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen." Robert L. Schwartz August 11, 2008 " The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary." Thomas A. Edison August 11, 2008 " Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential." Winston Churchill August 11, 2008 " Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best." H. Jackson Brown August 6, 2008 " Courage is dealing with a tough situation by going through it with strength and being prepared and coming out undefeated." Val R. Panteah Jr. --- Submitted by Kathlin Panteah --- New Mexico This is a quote written by my younger brother. We all deal with tough situations everyday but having courage to face whatever challenges you allows you to gain strength. You can be undefeated in any circumstance, it all depends on how you look at it. August 6, 2008 " I have BIG dreams in my small eyes." Written in 2008 by Prem Chugani --- India August 6, 2008 " The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it." Goethe --- Submitted by Yan Wuhenli --- China August 4, 2008 " What makes my dream supreme is because I am its host and I am the one that'll make it gleam." Copyright © 2008 Larispique Philidor I am my own leader. August 4, 2008 " Where there is a will there is a way... and I have all kinds of will." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Wendy Harris --- Canada August 4, 2008 " Sometimes we have to lose big, maybe even in front of millions of people, to win big in life." Copyright © 2008 Pete W. Zafra Case-in-point: Chris Daughtry of American Idol 2006. He surprisingly lost, but rebounded big! In 2007 his band, Daughtry, became the year's biggest-selling rock band and his hit song "Home" became American Idol's staple song for 2007. July 30, 2008 " Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H.L. Hungt July 30, 2008 " We will either find a way, or make one." Hannibal July 30, 2008 " Recipe for greatness - To bear up under loss, to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief, to be victor over anger, to smile when tears are close, to resist evil men and base instincts, to hate hate and to love love, to go on when it would seem good to die, to seek ever after the glory and the dream, to look up with unquenchable faith in something evermore about to be, that is what any man can do, and so be great." Zane Grey July 28, 2008 " I understand all too well about just not feeling good enough, not feeling your best and I know there are people out there know just what I mean - having that one thing on your mind that holds you back. Now don't see this as a ball and chain or an anchor holding you in place, see this as an old, fraying length of string that can be snapped with the right strength and frame of mind - that will and determination to break through that barrier and keep yourself on a mental high. Once you get on that high, you'll always have something to keep you from feeling your worst, that knowledge that you, yourself have the power to make yourself feel invincible again. You've proved it before so you can prove it again!" Copyright © 2008 Adam Johnson Wrote this while I had that one thing on my mind keeping me from feeling my best. Follow me through that barrier; it feels great up here :) July 28, 2008 " Fate is a hunter. If something is supposed to happen, it will find you!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sushma Ravikiran --- India July 28, 2008 " Through action, our potential becomes our identity; our dreams become our life." Written in 2008 by David Jiang --- Virginia July 23, 2008 " Think beyond and you will go beyond." Written in 2008 by Marion Licchiello --- New York Your thoughts create your reality. Widen your expectations and thought process and you'll be amazed at how thinking bigger will bring on bigger things. July 23, 2008 " When you believe, it is only a dream; when you take action, it is a reality." Written in 2008 by Koik Boon Tatt --- Malaysia July 23, 2008 " Like GOLD which becomes purer when passed through FIRE, like the pure form of CARBON when polished and cut, turns into beautiful DIAMOND, like a tiny SEED which faces the harsh elements to become a huge TREE, like LEARNING to swim you need to immerse yourself in WATER, Human Beings have to face CHALLENGES & COMPETITION in order to make a DIFFERENCE in others & their LIFE. So don't wait, take a plunge." Copyright © 2008 Siddharth Elhence July 21, 2008 " You have two choices in this life for everything thing you confront, give up and quit or press on with enthusiasm." Copyright © 1997 Holli Noel When my husband died in 1997 and at the lowest point in my life, I realized I had to make only one choice, quit or press on. If I was going to press forward, I new it had to be with enthusiasm or it would be like quitting. The thought has stayed with me, I wrote it down in a journal and read it everyday along with many other affirmations. July 21, 2008 " We mustn't run away from our battles because sooner or later we will have to face them one way or another. If that's the way it is, why not now?" Written in 2008 by Jasper Tong --- Australia July 21, 2008 " Positive, Positive, Positive. Positive People Live Prosperous Lives! Keep Your Environment and Your Space Positive." Copyright © 2007 April Love This is something that I try to instill in my son and in my life, as well as anyone that I meet. July 16, 2008 " Never give up on your dreams - someday, somehow, somewhere you will find them." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Arpana Masih --- India It's one of those quotes that gives me all the more strength to persevere for what I want in life. July 16, 2008 " The creative mind is the mind of possibilities. Whatever the mind can achieve, the world will see. What you think about and dream are real things that will revolutionize the present times and future." Copyright © 2008 Bassey Ndon July 16, 2008 " Sometimes we only strive to ever get better in our lives. The important thing is not that we reach the ultimate goal but that we keep traveling the journey, one that is now so different from when we began it." Copyright © 2008 Haullie Free July 14, 2008 " Try now. Try again. Try one more time." Written in 2008 by Kavitha Murugesh --- California July 14, 2008 " Make your own path called success, which has an undisclosed destiny, but never forget to cross the checkpoints called achievements." Written in 2006 by Harsha R. --- India July 14, 2008 " Fortune smiles on those who have courage to carry on and it is a commodity which is available to everybody within himself." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chandresh Dhaduk --- India July 9, 2008 " To me, my true success is how many people have achieved their best, how many are happy and live a better life, just because I walked the face of this earth." Copyright © 2008 Wispmac Shah July 9, 2008 " Do what you can, when you can, the best you can." Written in 2008 by Terry MacDonald --- Idaho July 9, 2008 " Mankind can be divided in three categories: Those who are immoveable, those who are movable and those who MOVE. Always be in the third category." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Himani Kaushal --- India Have a nice day ahead! July 7, 2008 " Life can sometimes be tough and you might stumble and fall but remember... when you fall, fall forward." Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.M. --- Michigan July 7, 2008 " We mustn't run away when things get hard. We should believe in ourselves and always fight it out. Only then will we achieve our dreams, as success belongs to those who believe." Written in 2008 by Jasper Tong --- Australia July 7, 2008 " Greatness is the man who walks a thousand miles shoeless, who has challenged himself to realize that there is a very dim light burning inside of him, then takes this dim opportunity and creates a beacon." Copyright © 2008 Ianthe Harris July 2, 2008 " We don't know who we are until we see what we can do." Martha Grimes Submitted by Cpl. Baylan --- California We should never be afraid to forge forward. Once we take ourselves from our comfort zone and only then we can see our ability to accomplish the impossible. July 2, 2008 " Dreams that flow from a determined heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter." Written in 2008 by Mohammed Onotu --- Nigeria My mortal age has been of experience, reason has kept inspiring the desires of my pen. I share with you some of my quotes rooted from the existence of mankind and the possibilities that awaits our existence in the future. I implore every reader to reflect inward and search for the true essence of living in order to find liberty in this world where choice battles illusion. July 2, 2008 " When it rains, all the birds fly for shelter. But the eagle alone avoids the rain by flying above the clouds. Problem is common to all, but attitude makes the difference." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Swathi Dwadasi --- India June 30, 2008 " Always try for that, which you think you can never get." Written in 2005 by Deep Sharma --- United Kingdom June 30, 2008 " I'm not waiting for others to fall; I'm raising myself up." Written in 2008 by Vikas Jain --- India June 30, 2008 " We should never ever give up on our dreams and goals or put them aside. We must fight for them because that is what living is about, fighting for the things we want in life." Written in 2008 by Jasper T. --- Australia I always told myself this when I wanted to do something but was told I couldn't make it. June 25, 2008 " Sometimes, trying might be the whole key to success." Written in 2008 by Kevin Ongeti --- Kenya June 25, 2008 " Celebrate in defeat and you'll get victory." Written in 1990 by Robert D. Dangoor --- United Kingdom This is to say that by learning from our mistakes, (we all make some) and correcting your errors, you therefore you have the wisdom to go one step forward and eventually reach your goal. June 25, 2008 " We are only limited by our imagination, and our imagination is limitless..." Written in 2008 by Joshua Patten --- Australia I did not close the quote on the final word "limitless". Instead I finished the quote off with "..." because this way it lets the reader think about the possibilities one can achieve with a limitless imagination which are endless. June 23, 2008 " The greatest victory anyone can taste is the daily challenge to outrun those fears that you vanquished... days, weeks, months past." Copyright © 2008 Francisco Leon I used to think that in order to attain victory, you had to overcome your fears only once, but I am still in the race. June 23, 2008 " Dreams aren't merely thoughts we fantasize about, they are the force that gives grit its necessary strength to fight opposition and win successfully. And that alone is what makes or breaks a person." Copyright © 2001 Nadia Henderson June 23, 2008 " The person that did succeed is the one that failed but was able to get up and continue working towards their goals." Written in 2008 by Mihajlo Cubrilo --- Serbia June 18, 2008 " Limitation is a choice; I choose to be limitless." Written in 2008 by Rachel Cacho --- California When writing this quote...........and I hope no one else has written this. If someone did I apologize. All my life I've limited myself - telling myself that "you can't do that because you're not smart enough" or "You can't have that because you don't have the money". My goals have always taken the back seat. I've been going through a meditation program for the last three months and come to find out I made a choice in my life.....to limit myself in the things that I want in my life.......now I choose to be limitless. June 18, 2008 " Don't be concerned about the wind that goes opposite of you because it only runs to make you fly so high." Poet of East, Iqbal --- Submitted by Farhan Shafiq --- Pakistan This line compares tough times of life to the aeroplane or bird. You need the wind to be opposite to fly the plane. June 18, 2008 " Take a step forward and stand tall; you'll never know what you can do by just telling the world how you feel. You have to have ambitions to live. Be a hero, all you need is to have dreams. Save the day by putting a smile on someone's face; you're not helping yourself, your helping the world. One smile leads to a million." Copyright © 2008 Jason Mei June 16, 2008 " Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant." Tony Robbins June 16, 2008 " If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good." Thomas J. Watson, Jr. June 16, 2008 " Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet." Charles Swindoll June 12, 2008 " In my search for greatness, I found goodness to be a far better discovery." Copyright © 2008 Raymond C. Nolan With all the problems we have today, perhaps we could use a few more good people in this world. June 12, 2008 " Life is an amazing journey. Birth was your ticket, given to you by your mother. Life is full of ups and downs. Never try to change the world, try to change yourself. Dare to dream about your success and succeed in your life." Written in 2008 by Sangeetha Raghavan --- India I like the positive attitude towards life and I thought this could motivate one in a good way. June 12, 2008 " When confidence is in your eyes and hope is your wings, then the sky is yours." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shishu Reddy --- India June 12, 2008 " Stop breathing for a second! That's how easy it is to give up but we can all choose to breathe on, even when faced with the greatest challenges. If you can control breath, you have the capacity to be in control of every situation." Written in 2008 by Leussa Adrienne --- Cameroon June 10, 2008 " Your dream is not big enough if it doesn't scare you." Written in 2008 by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal June 10, 2008 " You don't have to specialize. Do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form." Francis Ford Coppola --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- UAE June 10, 2008 " Crystallize in your mind what you want from the future but remember it's the moment that gets you there." Written in 2008 by Michael Burkill --- Australia June 10, 2008 " Success and failure are the same choice; only attitude determines the difference." Written in 2008 by Ross A. Halliday --- United Kingdom June 4, 2008 " BELIEVE that the STAR that you are always reaching for is actually right inside of YOU!" Copyright © 2008 Michelle W. Seamons We always think that our chance to enjoy success or to feel of value is always OUTSIDE of us and we search for it. It is in fact already inside of us, and we begin to see it by allowing ourselves to FEEL IT FIRST! June 4, 2008 " Just because someone doesn't believe in me, doesn't mean I will stop believing in myself." Written in 2008 by Maria Uman --- California June 4, 2008 " Your presence is a present to the world. You're unique and one of a kind. Your life can be what you want it to be. Take the days just one at a time." Collin McCarty --- Submitted by Regine D. --- Philippines June 2, 2008 " Tell self-pity to call back tomorrow; self-confidence stopped by earlier and I cannot accommodate both." Written in 2008 by Leussa Adrienne --- Cameroon Just something I tell myself every morning so that I get on with a bright day. June 2, 2008 " Working towards success will make you a Master. Working towards satisfaction will make you a Legend." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nilesh Soni --- India June 2, 2008 " Helping yourself forces destiny to help you." Written in 2007 by Anup Panicker --- India I selected this quote because I learnt this from the industry I am in. If you help yourself, the rest follows. May 28, 2008 " Everyone stands beneath a mountain; some stand, some walk round, some take the first step." Written in 2008 by Steve Brown --- Australia May 28, 2008 " There's always a way. You just have to find it." Written in 2008 by Paul Briganti May 28, 2008 " If one tries hard enough, along with an idea that unites, the world can be changed." Written in 2008 by Zach W. --- Oregon May 28, 2008 " Dream Big with Determination and Dedication. The world is all yours." Copyright © 2008 Kavitha Murugesh I did this for myself as I am working toward establishing my career. My friends loved this one too. May 28, 2008 " Love It All." Written in 2008 by Thomas O Donovan --- Ireland May 21, 2008 " If you get properly organized and envision a plan, no competition will be difficult because now you won't be concentrating on others, you will only be consolidating yourself, and that's what makes a winner!" Written in 2008 by Manjit S. Tendolkar --- India I made up this quote while I was introspecting my studies. There's a lot of competition around and as I had read somewhere before: "an organized and a well planned effort can even put a genius to shame." May 21, 2008 " All who go through the difficult situations will learn the art of finding solutions." Written in 2006 by Sonik Rana --- India May 21, 2008 " When I wake up in the morning, I have to decide to either be an example or an excuse." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Justin D. Hatmaker --- Nevada In my life, I have faced many difficult challenges. I have not always responded positively to them. I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and in the course of all the changes I have to make to manage my disease, I have started focusing in all the other areas of my life as well. I have a 6-year-old son and noticed some of my bad behaviors and attitudes being mirrored in him. I heard this quote somewhere, years ago, and it came rushing back to me... I can either be the example for my son to tackle issues head on and do his best or provide the excuse for him to complain, quit, and be lazy whenever things aren't easy or going his way. May 21, 2008 " Determination can win over ability any day; you just have to want it bad enough. And when you do, the word impossible becomes nothing but a myth, your dreams become a reality and only then, you have achieved a life worth living, a life that gives hope to others; a life that shows that the possibilities are endless." Written in 2008 by Hanni A. --- New Jersey May 19, 2008 " It's hard to beat a person who believes in his or her own strength. And I believe in mine." Written in 2008 by Maria Uman --- California May 19, 2008 " Man is the culture he receives; cultivate yourself to become the man you desire to be, don't just dream about it." Written in 2008 by Leussa Adrienne --- Cameroon I saw an amazing young man on TV one day. He lives in a village in the north of Cameroon where they lack the latest technology infrastructures such as TV and the Internet. This young man took the initiative to learn the Japanese language by listening to a program on a foreign radio station. He wrote to the station and received books and other materials and would follow the program every day. On the day I was watching, the Japanese ambassador and his colleagues traveled for kilometers to meet this young man to congratulate him on his achievement. He speaks and writes Japanese fluently. May 19, 2008 " I don't wait for opportunities; I will create opportunities." Written in 2008 by Pavan A.S. --- India May 14, 2008 " In my lifetime, I've come to realize that you can't depend upon other people for what you want and you can't be scared to go out there and get it. You have to dream hard, wish big, and chase after your goals because no one is going to do it for you and even if things don't work out, you'll always be able to say you tried." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jacki N. --- New York May 14, 2008 " You have wings, just fly!" Written in 2008 by Kevin Ongeti --- Kenya May 14, 2008 " When I went for something, which seemed IMPOSSIBLE to others, they called me CRAZY. But now, when I have made it possible, they call it HISTORY." Written in 2008 by Piyush Beriwala --- India Whenever I tried to do something which seemed like an impossible task for a common man, I received strong objections from lots of people, including my close friends and even my family but I went on and on and proved it! May 12, 2008 " Being a pioneer is never difficult; it is a privilege." Written in 2008 by Rugmini Menon --- India May 12, 2008 " When things get bad, pray they get worse and overcome them. Challenge yourself and push yourself to your limits. This is the only way to truly become great." Copyright © 2008 Andrew Augustine May 12, 2008 " No risk? Then no danger of losing and finally no thrill in winning." Written in 2008 by Sandeep Kumar --- United Arab Emirates No pains, no gains in a little different way. May 7, 2008 " It doesn't matter what someone else thinks, believes or does but it does matter what you think, believe and do - stop listening to the critics and start believing in YOU!" Written in 2008 by Kimerly Adamson --- New Zealand May 7, 2008 " It doesn't matter if you come in first. What matters is that you come in first with yourself." Written in 2007 by Lisa Koel --- Wisconsin I made this one up myself. I did it for my running and my running team. May 7, 2008 " Hard work is a investment. The more you invest in terms of hard work, more is the profit you earn in terms of success." Written in 2008 by Koyel Shee --- India This goes out especially to people who don't work hard enough to make their dreams come true and blame their fate for their failure. I want to motivate you to put forward one hundred percent for achieving success in life. May 5, 2008 " Fear is an illusion. Make your own reality and step up to any challenge, no matter how great. Unless you fall, you will never gain the strength to stand; keep moving. And if you ever fall, look up, my hand will always be there." Written in 2008 by Lee B. --- New Jersey May 5, 2008 " Success is just not making money, a good name and fame, but also standing firm after failure with more energy, spirit, enthusiasm & courage to face what's next." Written in 2008 by Krivi Z. --- India May 5, 2008 " Attitude is not something. It is EVERYTHING." Written in 2008 by Pete W. Zafra --- California We are doing EXTREMELY! "crazy" business in a time when, according to the press, we're supposed to be experiencing the worst Real Estate slump since the great depression. I wonder if that writer has the point-of-view of a "General" in the war room or a Sergeant in the war zone?... Hmmm... April 30, 2008 " I am strong! Wherever I am, I am strong! Whatever I am, I am strong! Whoever I am, I am strong! This is the language of faith. For when I am weak, then, I am strong!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emisalan Passah --- India April 30, 2008 " Success or losing is cool, if you do it in the right way." Written in 2008 by Farush Effendy --- Malaysia April 30, 2008 " Don't look at the low points in your life as defeats but as opportunities to make progress. Great opportunities come to those who make the most of them." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Himani Verma --- India April 28, 2008 " I will run, where failures fear to walk. I will try harder, when failures seek to give in. I will act right now, for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the depressed. I am not depressed. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will be lost forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the one." Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.A. --- North Carolina April 28, 2008 " To realize your true potential of success, you must move away from your comfort zone and work in unchartered land." Copyright © 2008 Kevin C. Hall If you never leave your "comfort zone", you will never know what potential of success you can accomplish. I kept saying this to myself and finally realized that my W-2 income job was going nowhere and I have now become a 1099 income earner. April 28, 2008 " Success is not how quick you reach the top, it's how fast you bounce back when you hit the bottom." Author Unknown --- Submitted by AM M. --- Jamaica April 23, 2008 " If you ever hear a voice that tells you that you are AVERAGE or ORDINARY… RETIRE that voice from your life as soon as possible! YOU are not average or ordinary, YOU are EXTRAORDINARY!!! There will never be another YOU ever walking on this planet again! BELIEVE that you are EXTRAORDINARY and then find the EXTRAORDINARY inside of you! Let your star shine for the world to see and light the way for others!" Copyright © 2008 Michelle W. Seamons April 23, 2008 " Success doesn't just happen. Success comes to those who do something & take ACTION. Success is in the ACTION, and the more you do, the more success you will have. A few active deliberate steps a day toward your goal will move you forward. The trick is to stay in ACTION; be consistent, persistent, & FOCUSED on moving forward. Conditions are never right! People who delay action, until all factors are favorable, do nothing." Copyright © 2008 Ana Contreras April 23, 2008 " Life is a marathon. The terrain is full of ups and downs and with the right attitude and preparation you can face the toughest terrain." Copyright 7copy; 2007 Kimerly Adamson April 21, 2008 " Life is like a flowing river full of opportunities. It's up to you whether you stand with a bucket or a spoon." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vikas Gupta --- India April 21, 2008 " Winning is a Choice." Grandmaster Y.K. Kim --- Submitted by Jameel S. --- North Carolina April 21, 2008 " Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." Jon Bon Jovi --- Submitted by Disha P. --- India April 16, 2008 " Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of success. It is really an endurance race." Henry Ford April 16, 2008 " Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead." Les Brown April 16, 2008 " There are no limits. There are only plateaus and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." Bruce Lee April 14, 2008 " Choose to be a leader in your organization and in your family. Learn from the past but don't live in the past. We have to consistently overcome adversity; the bigger the prize the bigger the price! Have a clear vision of what you want. You have to see it, say it then sell it. Never Give Up!" Written in 2008 by FEARLESS A.C. --- Texas April 14, 2008 " Failures don't deserve your attention, only Success does." Written in 2008 by K. Ashwin Kumar --- India Repenting too much about failures does nothing but kill your valuable time, instead focus on current commitments to make them a success. April 14, 2008 " Behind every successful person laid an amount of hard work, but the nagging point of any success is the motivation that makes unbelievable things become believable, the unachievable become achievable. Motivation is the driving force in any good deed." Written in 2008 by Tigalta Ngaitaingar --- Chad April 9, 2008 " To motivate is to take a broken state of mind and mend it with a winning attitude." Copyright © 2008 Ianthe Harris April 9, 2008 " Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning also states that you are doing better than you have done before." Written in 2008 by Nikhil Unnikrishnan K. --- India April 9, 2008 " You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar April 7, 2008 " Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I've learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next. Once the dust clears you will be standing tall, a champion, a victor. NOTHING will be able to knock you down once you've taken the biggest hits this life has to offer, so come on life, BRING IT!" Copyright © 2008 Adam Johnson I wrote this when feeling a little down and out. Don't let anything get you down, keep on fighting, be the undisputed champion of life. April 7, 2008 " Let's not limit our challenges, instead, let's challenge our limits!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bharatheesh P. --- India April 7, 2008 " Failure improves the taste of Victory." Written in 2008 by Tahani N. --- Saudi Arabia April 2, 2008 " The first step you take is always the most important one. The first steps you take on any journey won't get you where you want to go. But without those first steps and the many more that follow, you would always be standing right where you are, looking towards the future and wondering what it would really be like to see your world the way you always dreamed it could be. One of the greatest lessons in life is the one you learn about moving forward and taking steps to reach your goals. Life rewards those who are willing to be involved in it and take chances. Take your chance and take those first steps, because a better life is just waiting for you." Nick Santana --- Submitted by Regine D. --- Philippines April 2, 2008 " Though I may lose externally daily, internally I am undefeated." Copyright © 2008 Sanjay Jattan It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you're not. Happiness is fleeting; only joy lasts forever. One can only be joyful once he/she realizes that external material and trivial things should never penetrate the internal character. April 2, 2008 " You are in this world to create history either for yourself or for this world. The choice lies with you." Written in 2008 by Vibhore Jain --- India March 31, 2008 " Endurance is the spirit which can bear things, not simply with resignation, but with blazing hope. It is a quality which keeps a man on his feet with his face to the wind. It is the virtue which can transmute the hardest trial into glory because beyond the pain, it sees the goal." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renae H. --- Australia Sometimes life can get you down but I've learnt that perspective is so important. Look at the big picture. Sure, things may be tough today, but you never know what tomorrow will bring. March 31, 2008 " A determined person doesn't find it hard to succeed; they find it hard to stop trying." Written in 2008 by Allen Steble --- Australia March 31, 2008 " Many say I am just one to try. I say I am one less to quit." Diego Marchi --- Submitted by Claudia Tarver --- California March 26, 2008 " This is my only shot at life, so I'm not going to go down without a fight. I'd rather live with the consequences of my actions rather than the regrets of my inactions." Written in 2008 by Prosenjit Mitra --- India This is something I believe in and which I try to infuse in every person that I meet. March 26, 2008 " I never allow fear to dictate what I can do, but I do allow for it to teach me something." Copyright © 2008 Kathlin L. Panteah March 26, 2008 " If you do whatever it takes to get to where you truly desire, it will be worth it. I promise!" Copyright © 2003 Glenn Brandon Burke It's what I say in all my lectures. March 24, 2008 " I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self." Written in 2008 by Adam Johnson --- United Kingdom I wrote this after making changes in my life, physically and mentally; I am now an amateur natural bodybuilder and progressing within the company I work for. Be the champion, not the shadow. March 24, 2008 " To find a direction in life you first must have a goal to achieve and have motivation to drive you towards achieving that goal." Written in 2008 by J. Arnold --- Australia This quote motivates me to achieve greatness in my life. March 24, 2008 " Lost game, not heart." Written in 2008 by S. Lane --- Wisconsin When you lose, you lost a game. Maybe it was a game that meant a whole lot to a whole lot of people, but you didn't lose something that was irreplaceable. I'd say that's a good thing, don't you think? March 19, 2008 " Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there." Venus Williams March 19, 2008 " Success is a personal standard - reaching for the highest that is in us - becoming all that we can be." Zig Ziglar March 19, 2008 " Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." W. Clement Stone March 17, 2008 " I have no past. I have no future. There is only this moment, so live it fearlessly." Written in 2008 by H.T. Payne March 17, 2008 " Life is going to knock you down, from time to time, just like a good boxer. The difference in success and failure in life is whether or not you get up or stay down and it's a choice. I choose to get up and fight on." Written in 2008 by W.P. Garrett March 17, 2008 " Nothing great was ever achieved by being realistic!" Tom Venuto --- Submitted by Brett J. --- Ohio Everyone close to me is always telling me what I can't do, be realistic, you could never do that. Just believe what we tell you believe, we are more realistic than you. Whenever I start to wonder if they are right, I think of this quote. March 12, 2008 " The greatest fear is knowing you will never be as great as you use to. The greatest triumph is proving that you will be even greater." Written in 2008 by Allen Steble --- Australia March 12, 2008 " Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you are riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, jealousy, and mischief. Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by N.A. --- California March 12, 2008 " Never forget the power your dreams have. Believing in them gives you strength; focus on them and they will come true. Visions of tomorrow help you set the standard for today. Remember life is a journey, you should enjoy the ride." Written in 2008 by Jackie H. --- Arizona March 10, 2008 " Have courage to let the STAR inside of you SHINE! It can light the pathway of others in need of light!" Copyright © 2008 Michelle W. Seamons Too many times we hide our light under rocks, in the fear of rejection from others. It takes true courage to share and to let your light from inside shine. We all have one. Is someone else's light too dim for them to see their way? Are you willing to share yours? March 10, 2008 " There are so many ways to fail but only one way to succeed; NEVER GIVE UP!" Written in 2008 by Johni Pangalila --- Australia March 10, 2008 " Accomplishment of small things leads to mighty things. Motivation to lead small victories results in glorious triumphs. Letting your light shine, even in defeat, is not failure but a stepping-stone to become stronger." Copyright © 2008 Chad E. Hardy March 5, 2008 " In every great act, there is a challenge. In every challenge, there is a reward. In every reward lies the product of our efforts. In every effort lies new beauty to be born." Written in 2008 by Mohammed Onotu --- Nigeria March 5, 2008 " Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart and you can never go wrong." Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.T. --- Washington March 5, 2008 " Be a star and poke a hole in someone's darkness!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by G.M.K. --- Australia March 3, 2008 " I've learned to love without being loved, I've sang without a voice, I've touched without hands, I've seen the light without eyes, I've smiled without lips, and I've smelled without a nose. Dare to seek the unknown; you will be surprised to see what is waiting at the other end. When one door is closed, one million more will open leaving choices. Choose based on your needs and not your wants." Written in 2008 by Ianthe Harris --- Barbados I wrote this quote simply because I have realized that nothing is impossible..."Dare to Knock" March 3, 2008 " You never know when opportunities come. They can be slow as a snail or as fast as lightning. Our goal in life is to watch out for those opportunities, as they may be our one step to success." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Terrie Mclachy --- Australia March 3, 2008 " Success is a great challenge. Enwrapped with fears to the pessimistic but to the optimistic, success is change for the better. Only the positive and the resolute make it to the end." Written in 2008 by Bassey Ndon --- Nigeria February 27, 2008 " Stand up and say loudly to yourself, 'I WILL BE A WINNER'. Believe me, you will be one; conviction and attitude matters." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vipin K. ---India True motivator February 27, 2008 " There is no guarantee that tomorrow will come, so do it today. Intentions don't count, but actions do. Don't let who you are, stunt what you want to be. Success is the greatest motivator. Your goals must be clear, but the guidelines must be flexible." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pravin Pt Chamlikar Believe in one's self to win. February 27, 2008 " Even though we're headed towards the road more traveled, do not fret. We can still make a difference." Written in 2008 by Michelle De Leon --- Philippines My insight about nursing as a career. February 25, 2008 " The goal you set within is the first stone to stand on to become your best. You must keep setting goals and achieving them. To become the best in life you must believe in yourself and strive to stand on top of the mountain looking down and not midway looking up." Copyright © 2008 Chad E. Hardy February 25, 2008 " Hard work will have the last smile in its race against luck." Written in 2008 by Sandeep Kumar --- United Arab Emirates February 25, 2008 " Courage is a RAGE (Resolve, Attitude & Act, Guts, Enlightenment) against injustice, poverty, racism and suppression of freedom. It need not be mutiny but a firm resolve to change; to seek empowerment of thousand of minds, to be able to make a difference in the world we live in." Written in 2008 by Siddharth Elhence --- India February 20, 2008 " It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome." Johnny Miller February 20, 2008 " I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often." Brian Tracy February 20, 2008 " Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us." Orison Swett Marden February 18, 2008 " Keep your mind focused on what you want and act accordingly. You will achieve success!" Napoleon Hill --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal February 18, 2008 " Success is taking great steps above your fears." Written in 2008 by Bassey Ndon --- Nigeria February 18, 2008 " Life is Short… Pray Hard, Play Hard, Go Home & Stretch..." Copyright © 2007 Jennifer Campbell I wrote this quote when I became active duty with the United States Army. This is how I live my life. February 13, 2008 " We all have the ability to be a CEO but first be the CEO of yourself. Live and breathe like a successful company and you will achieve great results." Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson February 13, 2008 " Fear is a waste of precious time, for time is something that can't be earned or created, but it can surely be destroyed. Fear creates hesitation and hesitation creates failure. Success comes from those who view each day as an opportunity to come one step closer to achieving their goals." Copyright © 2007 Allen Steble To me fear has been the biggest thing that has held me back from trying to achieve my goals. But I realize that life is just too short to waste time on negative thinking or even fear. The saying, "The higher you climb, the bigger you fall", isn't true to me - for if you keep climbing, there really is no such thing as "a fall". February 13, 2008 " Great achievers dream the impossible dream." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Karan S. --- India February 11, 2008 " To those who say to stop dreaming and face reality, I say to keep dreaming and make reality." Copyright © 2007 Kristian Kan Motivational and true fact of life! February 11, 2008 " Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." James Lane Allen February 11, 2008 " Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have." Brian Tracy February 6, 2008 " If you don't jump, you'll never fly." Written in 2008 by Jonathan L. --- Hawaii I said this while talking to a friend. She was a making a decision and she did not know which option to choose. I pointed out one option she could use. She told me it was too risky. Then I told her, "If you don't jump, you'll never fly." What I mean is that if we never take chances, we won't know what we are able to gain and we won't benefit from what we are able to do. Be smart, but be decisive. Don't be risky, but take risks. February 6, 2008 " If you truly believe in yourself, the dreams will become reality, and failure will be no more." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Steven Young --- Tennessee February 6, 2008 " It is our duty to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin February 4, 2008 " You are what you are because that's what you want to be. You, and only you, have the power to make a change." Written in 1996 by John Hunter --- Alabama This thought came to me as I was standing at my college graduation. I was 40 years old and worked day and night for several years to get my degree. We can make a change in our life, if we really want it bad enough. February 4, 2008 " I don't want to prove that our team is best. Rather, I want to prove that your name means fire, aggression, energy, speed and success. Let's prove it!" Written in 2008 by Navneet Mediratta --- India It's my own wording while taking a sales meeting. February 4, 2008 " Still debugging the past, but I've already coded the future." Written in 2007 by Vicky J. --- India Whenever you think, think big...think far!! January 30, 2008 " While focusing on a pot of gold at the end of the path you have chosen, don't miss the diamonds embedded on the path itself." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nikita T. --- India Love this quote! Just realize that the path you have chosen is a unique and great one. Relish the happenings and the time spent on it. January 30, 2008 " Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results." Brian Tracy January 30, 2008 " Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do." Barbara Sher January 28, 2008 " Find what you love and put your heart and soul, mind and body into it. When all the rivers of blood, sweat, and tears have watered the seeds of this passion, this love, and grown it into the fully bloomed flower of your dreams, there will come a pause, where the sheer sight, sound, smell, and feel of it will be, simultaneously, that of a peaceful calm and an exhilarating joy." Written in 2007 by K. Canadic --- Canada A recipe and taste of personal success January 28, 2008 " When we think we are powerful, we are." Written in 2005 by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD January 28, 2008 " If you can see a way when everybody says there's no way - Know that you have an extra-ordinary spirit to do the impossible." Written in 2008 by Mpho Shoroma --- South Africa January 23, 2008 " In anything you do in your life, try to stay positive and motivated by the anticipation of future successes rather than fear of failure or past difficulties." Written in 2008 by David Kuch --- Canada In other words, only when you have the courage to turn within and learn about the inner laws of being (i.e. what worked in the past and what didn't) and take the positive and constructive aspects, can you truly experience satisfaction in your life. I truly believe that if we envision a goal and stay positively focused, that anything is possible. Also, it's important to learn from past failures; whether it be in relationships, career or family. Without taking a risk and facing our fears, then an individual will never grow and will only stay stagnant. January 23, 2008 " If you don't take a swing at the ball, then you don't have an opportunity to strike out. Worst of all though, you don't have an opportunity to hit the homerun to win the game. Take this and go out there swinging in the game of life. It's worth it!" Copyright © 2007 Will Tullos I'm in sales and I decided to make a quote to get myself pumped to make sales calls January 23, 2008 " We MUST always look at life with a bright eye instead of a nasty sigh...ALWAYS...no matter what." Copyright © 2008 Pete W. Zafra January 21, 2008 " You're not fighting in a ring. There is no bell telling you when to start and stop, and the opponent in the other corner is not a guy with gloves on. It's you. And perhaps you're the scariest opponent of all. You know all of your weaknesses; know how to lose. Every time you get knocked down, you both lose and win, and the only person who cares whether you get up or not half wants you to stay down. But maybe this is easier than most fights. It's going to get easier, not harder, the more time that passes. It's between what you want and what you want more. You know you'll have setbacks, but it's your choice what happens next. Choose to fight!" Written in 2006 by Mikhaila W. --- Australia January 21, 2008 " Greatness comes from ordinary people who dare to live extraordinary lives and those that dare to climb the highest peaks." Copyright © 2008 Kimerly Adamson Written in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary - Greatest New Zealander who lived an extraordinary life and helped and inspired people around the world. Sadly Sir Edmund passed away in Auckland on 11th January 2008 at 10.00am. January 21, 2008 " Dream, dream and dream. Then, the dream can be transformed in your thoughts and your thoughts result in action." Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam --- Submitted by Debjeet Sur --- India January 16, 2008 " The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." Ayn Rand January 16, 2008 " Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress." Nicholas Murry Butler January 16, 2008 " Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away." Denis Waitley January 14, 2008 " The belief in your vision is the key to creating your own destiny!" Copyright © 2001 Patrick Snow --- Washington January 14, 2008 " The steeper the challenge, the deeper I plunge. Often the only challenge we cannot live up to is the one we set for ourselves. The only hard thing to please is the fire within yourself." Written in 2007 by Ashwin Ganesh --- India January 14, 2008 " Focus on your potential instead of your limitations." Alan Loy McGinnis --- Submitted by Kate F. --- Wisconsin January 9, 2008 " When you want your goal badly enough, feel the intensity of it, let it fuel your waking thoughts and actions, let it influence you in all ways possible and let nothing get in the way of achieving it." Written in 2008 by Kimerly Adamson --- New Zealand January 9, 2008 " Standards and Guidelines lead to the norm. Imagination and Interpretation lead to the unique." Written in 2007 by Jeffrey B. --- California I was writing to a fellow friend online. While trying to describe to her that it is impossible to critique one's writing style, this quote formed. I find it very inspiring and would only hope others may absorb the same. January 9, 2008 " When you think to yourself, "Wow, that person is always so lucky, they always get whatever they want", think again. That is called manifestation. That person is visualizing, dreaming and taking action towards their goals. Always remember - your visions become your reality!" Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello January 7, 2008 " The only thing that stands between a person and what they want from life is often the will to try it and the faith to believe it's possible." Anonymous --- Submitted by Pradnya Potdar --- India This was sent to me by one of the people who inspires me. January 7, 2008 " The best time to plant a seed and grow a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now." Chinese Proverb --- Submitted by Whitney Rogers --- Arizona We spend our entire life wondering why we didn't do this and didn't do that, YOU ARE NOT DEAD! Maybe we did not accomplish something in the past but who says you can't do it now? January 7, 2008 " Know that every road we travel is just a journey. Some roads are smooth and straight while others are rough and full of turns. Either way they will take you to your final destination. So imagine taking your journey on the most beautiful Harley your mind can ponder and enjoy the ride!" Copyright © 2006 Paula Lyon December 19, 2007 " It's in the moments of struggle that our foundation is built... the very foundation that gives us the ability to fulfill our life's ultimate destiny." Copyright © 2007 Pete W. Zafra December 19, 2007 " I believe everything happens for a reason. If something happens that I don't necessarily agree with or I'm unhappy with, I'll just remind myself to stay positive and trust that things will happen the way they should." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mae Sisa --- Philippines This quote really changed my whole life. December 19, 2007 " Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together." Phil Jackson, "Sacred Hoops" December 17, 2007 " You must have life in your dance to have danced in your life." Sagendorh --- Submitted by Lisa S. ---Ohio It is all too true...To have life in your dance...your everyday steps...this just speaks for itself...the life you create for yourself will have been full of life because you danced... December 17, 2007 " If everything was perfect then we would have nothing to strive for; you climb out of bed to jump over a hurdle." Copyright © 2007 Greg Robertson I overcame a really bad day by realising that it could only get better. If everyday was perfect then it would become the norm and there would be no more great days. December 17, 2007 " It's easy to blame and defend fate for the events in our life, but it is brave to be able to see the bright side of a fall and move on. So be brave and be dedicated. Be committed, confident, and passionate; remember you have one life to choose from." Written in 2007 by Siddharth Elhence --- India December 12, 2007 " You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give." Edward O. Wilson December 12, 2007 " What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible." John Mellencamp December 12, 2007 " When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder." Ezra Pound December 10, 2007 " When you cannot be led or won't be led, be the lead." Written in 2007 by Samarth Bhat --- India December 10, 2007 " In the words of a famous sports company, quite simply, JUST DO IT!" Nike Sports --- Submitted by C.P. --- United Kingdom My father used to say this to encourage me when I was younger; it is simple but true. We can dream all we want but nothing will change, say what we are going to do and never get round to it. It is a habit to let other things get in the way, to put off what you want, simply due to the effort involved. However, nothing will change unless you quite simply act upon your thoughts, your words and your dreams. In other words, "just do it". December 10, 2007 " An optimistic dream is a seed that grows into a tree of success." Copyright © 2007 Pradnya Potdar This motivates me to dream to be successful which is the crux of all achievements. December 5, 2007 " A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change." Earl Nightingale December 5, 2007 " If you change your mind, you can change your life." William James December 5, 2007 " Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life." Ann Landers December 3, 2007 " I am smart. I can do this. No one can stop me. Not even myself." Written in 1978 by Katherine L. Myers-Kohn, RN To be said aloud, facing a mirror. December 3, 2007 " When things seem like they are worse than ever and there is no way out...know that you are right there... right at the breaking point...there is no other way to go but up. Sometimes we give up at the exact moment that change is about to occur for the better. If you know you are doing the right thing, keep going and you will get the results you are looking for." Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello This quote is true for all areas of life. Think about it - weight loss - you could be doing the right thing, eating right, exercising and you see a # on the scale and you give up, even though tomorrow you would've seen that 3 lb drop that's been adding up. You are on a road and you know you're going the right way and just before you get to the street you turn around instead of asking for directions. You are about to make a breakthrough on an invention but you give up due to failures. You are a salesman who has been rejected several times and the next call might be that $1,000,000 YES but you give up and lose out. Think about the amount of times athletes strike out and keep going. Think about a baby who is learning to walk... would we ever learn to walk if we gave up because it was too hard. NO!! Think twice before giving up. December 3, 2007 " Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life for better or for worse." Ernest Maboza --- Submitted by Justice wa Baruti --- South Africa My colleague and close friend Ernest Maboza said this after observing me try to motivate and put a positive thought to almost downhearted final year undergraduate students after learning that their degree is a formative one not a professional. I managed to say something, which did bring smiles into their rather long faces, and that really stood as a special moment. November 28, 2007 " Have a strong belief in what you do? If you don't, who will? Do it like it's the only thing you were born for; climb mountains, cross rivers, fight battles for it. Protect your dream whatever the cost. An undying faith in your product starts in believing in it." Written in 2007 by Mpho Shoroma --- South Africa November 28, 2007 " Go further. Go beyond. Go as far as you can. The limit is only in the mind. When you reach it, break it!" Written in 2007 by Jahira Banu Haniffa --- Malaysia The repetitive words are a powerful choice to drill into your mind that you can do it - to overcome the limitations that only you see. November 28, 2007 " Success is all in your head. Achievement is the physical manifestation of your success. Manifest your success today." Copyright © 2007 Nichol Meredith I have been thinking of quotes that I can write down and place around the house for my 11-year old son to see as he gets ready for school in the morning. I want to put him in the best frame of mind to take charge of his academic success. November 26, 2007 " Today, think highly of yourself. Think big of whom you are. Retrain how you see yourself and others. Retrain how you view your very own abilities and capabilities. Retrain how you view your faith, your hopes and your dreams. Retrain yourself to ask questions and then ask questions of the questions you've just asked. Retrain yourself to do your own research, or your own thinking. Retrain yourself to help others think for themselves rather than always expecting an answer. When you, Retrain your way of thinking - then you, Retrain the world." Copyright © 2007 Antonio Talbert Refresh the world with refreshing thoughts of love, hope, happiness, newness and inclusion. November 26, 2007 " When times are hard you need the encouragement of the "you" in you. Tell yourself, "In me is the greatest strength." It takes you to make it." Written in 2007 by Shirley Asiedu-Addo --- Ghana November 26, 2007 " Whatever is your goal, whatever is your dream, just keep going; keep trying, keep pushing, keep pulling, keep fighting. Realize that pain and discomfort WILL be present often enough to get you to think if all of this is really worth it. Realize that sometimes you WILL hear words of discouragement come out from other people's mouths. But when you know in your heart that you CAN achieve your goal, when you know your dream CAN become a reality, you accept these facts; you become aware that they will be a part of your journey. You acknowledge all of this, focus on what you desire AND YOU JUST KEEP GOING." Written in 2007 by Andres Lord --- Argentina November 21, 2007 " You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully." Anthony Robbins November 21, 2007 " Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion." Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson November 21, 2007 " There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire." Andrew Carnegie November 19, 2007 " Having a vision creates for you a mission, because you know what you want and want to achieve; the very same mission that you want to achieve will create for you an opportunity." Written in 2007 by Dumisane Mvelase --- South Africa This was extracted from one of the books I have written. November 19, 2007 " Desire, sire, dire times that make you light as flies for the flight to prized skies." Written in 2007 by Murdaymootoo Kaisaven --- Mauritius It means that if one sets out to realize one's desires, one may want to give up in the face of obstacles which will be in one's way. However, if one focuses on the desire, that is, the goal, one gets the motivation to make the effort to overcome these obstacles and achieve one's goal (prized skies). Even if one does not reach the goal at least one is nearer to it, than at the start. One has to make an effort despite obstacles which will crop up, just like flies fight gravity, which pulls them back, to fly in the air. Mere wishing will only make one frustrated in the end. November 19, 2007 " A mountain with a rough face is easier to climb than one that is smooth." Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.B. --- Texas Remember this when you go through rough patches in your life. Without these moments, we wouldn't have anything to push off of once we got past them. November 14, 2007 " Greatness is going to the edge, looking over into the impossible, and then building a bridge to go further." Written in 2006 by Stuart S. --- Colorado Push your limits to discover them November 14, 2007 " I will never give up! No, not even in death!" Written in 2007 by Mavis Kumi --- Ghana November 14, 2007 " In the game of football, a TEAM either wins or loses. There is no middle ground. And in order to achieve success, a football TEAM must be that: A TEAM. Sure there are times when a TEAM can win on talent alone, but only when a truly GREAT TEAM comes along can nothing stop them. They are there for each other play after play, hit after hit, and score after score. They are not afraid to make the sacrifices to achieve their ultimate goal. A true TEAM plays as a FAMILY, and when it comes time to face the competition is not afraid to put the HAMMER DOWN against their competition to WIN!" Copyright © 2007 Seth Miller I wrote this quote for the football TEAM I am an assistant coach for before our rivalry game. November 12, 2007 " If you can escape reality for even a moment and live within your dream, one day your reality just might be your dream." Copyright © 2001 Stephen J. Todey November 12, 2007 " Great results come from great effort and perseverance. The more impossible it seems on the way, the greater you will enjoy your success." Written in 2007 by Kimerly Adamson --- New Zealand November 12, 2007 " Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear and injustice while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good, that everything is meaningful, even if in a sense beyond our understanding, and that there is always tomorrow." Written in 2007 by Sean F. --- United Kingdom November 7, 2007 " An arrow can be shot by dragging the bow back; similarly, if life is dragging you back with difficulties, be patient. It is getting ready to launch you to greater heights." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kishie Lenka --- India I love this one because everyone is hard on themselves in bad times. This will boost one's moral and motivate the person to work towards his goal without being bothered by his difficulties. November 7, 2007 " When you fail do not retreat. You might be just one step behind in the process of success. When you look back, you have only history to reveal, whereas if you proceed you'll have future to unveil." Written in 2007 by Ratnesh Shukla --- India I selected this because when my subordinates where underperforming, I told and explained to them the meaning of 'failure and success', by using the above mentioned self written proverb. It helped them a lot. November 7, 2007 " Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it." Pat Riley --- Submitted by C. Tyrell --- New York November 5, 2007 " You're whatever you think you are. Dare to be whomever you want and the future will bring you that. It is now when you decide the future." Written in 2007 by Bogdan Bucur --- Illinois You create your own universe as you go along. November 5, 2007 " Life is all about accepting challenges and taking responsibilities. I have seen many people who have performed tasks that were supposed to be very tough for them. Never quit, keep walking and only you can lay the foundation for your success ahead. So don't just think, go out and start working." Written in 2007 by Piyush Beriwala --- India The most beautiful ten 2-lettered words I have ever learnt in my life - If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me November 5, 2007 " Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose." Rhonda Britten --- Submitted by Amy Bauer --- Illinois October 31, 2007 " The reward is much sweeter when an earnest effort has been made in its pursuit." Copyright © 2007 Michael J. Powell October 31, 2007 " The starting point of achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires produce weak results, just as a small amount of fire produces a small amount of heat." Napoleon Hill --- Submitted by Rudra Narayan Garnaik --- India October 31, 2007 " If everyone puts their total efforts into making their teammates better, they themselves will be the recipients of each of their teammate's efforts." Copyright © 2007 Steve Bruning A perfect example of why we should first give of our talents and/or resources. Good things given come back multiplied. October 29, 2007 " When you think you're off track, refocus on where you've come from and what it's taken to get to where you are today. Focus on the great achievements you've made, the milestones and reach within and feel those successes. All that matters is getting back on track and turning that dream into your reality." Written in 2007 by Kimerly Adamson --- New Zealand October 29, 2007 " Victory is not a dream; it isn't imaginative either or even impossible to achieve. It's just the state of mind. If you have a mind to win, you can't lose." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ruchi Kashyap --- India October 29, 2007 " Complain less, be grateful more; let others genuinely know how much you appreciate them, then watch as that appreciation genuinely goes a long way. This is your life in which you, yes only you, have complete control. So soar to the impossible, reach the unreachable, speak with boldness and overcome authority that conquers all doubt and fear to be a figure of greatness, shining off gratefulness for the world to see and gain a sense of strength from." Copyright © 2007 Antonio Talbert Amazing things happen in life when you're living on gratefulness and acting out greatness! October 24, 2007 " No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind." Napoleon Hill October 24, 2007 " If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way." Jane Goodall October 24, 2007 " The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." Vince Lombardi October 22, 2007 " Neither the fury of the blowing wind, nor the rage of the pouring rain, nor the might of the smothering earth can put out the fury of the fire that propels me to prevail and succeed." Written in 2007 by K. Canadic --- Canada October 22, 2007 " A certain magic happens when you help others to fly. Their wings lift you up." Kinza Christenson --- Submitted by Peter Lathrop --- Wisconsin October 22, 2007 " No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you can do it! It is the thought that matters, not where you are." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manjunath More --- India If you decide on your goal in life, then just one positive thought will boost you to achieve that goal. October 17, 2007 " Everyone is a difference maker... the difference is in which direction he chooses to go." Copyright © 2007 Steve Bruning As a coach, I believe in the concept that everyone on the team has something to contribute. October 17, 2007 " My heroes aren't people who are there to save the day, people who can fly or people who have magical powers. My heroes are those people who can look up with a smile on their face everyday, no matter what they are battling in life!" Written in 2007 by Melissa E. --- NSW, Australia I wrote this one because I believe heroes aren't fairytale characters but real people with real issues who can still face everyday with a smile. October 17, 2007 " Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person." Copyright © 2007 Ashwin Ganesh October 15, 2007 " Amazing results come by crossing all barriers and leaving nothing to chance. The bigger the challenge the greater the glory at the finish line! Run with nothing but hope, and the dreams you created." Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson October 15, 2007 " When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years." Napoleon Hill --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal October 15, 2007 " When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." Leonardo Da Vinci --- Submitted by Kate F. --- Wisconsin October 10, 2007 " Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs." Mario Andretti October 10, 2007 " If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person." Fred Rogers October 10, 2007 " Don't despair. Only a mediocre person is always at his best." Somerset Maugham October 8, 2007 " Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air." John Quincy Adams --- Submitted by Srinivasan Ravi --- India October 8, 2007 " Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jacky Mordani --- United Arab Emirates October 8, 2007 " We don't cross the river by just looking on the other side." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michael Ramasilo --- South Africa This made me realize that you have to go through everything in front of you. So when you win, look back with a smile and ahead with honor. October 3, 2007 " A man, a dream, the courage to go for it, and the will to always try one more time. THIS is all it takes to succeed." Written in 2007 by Andres Lord --- Argentina October 3, 2007 " Believe that failure is never an option." Written in 2007 by Selina Brown --- United Kingdom Every day I wake up and tell myself this; it's enabled me to overcome the hard times. October 3, 2007 " A pile of materials may not be much but combine them with a great mind and you have an amazing invention. Find your talents, use all the materials you have and make something great out of it." Written in 2007 by Allen Steble --- Australia October 1, 2007 " Dare to make a mark, leave a legacy in life, be at the apex, the zenith level where actualizers & achievers are celebrated." Written in 2007 by Sheunopa Vushemakota --- Zimbabwe I wrote this after seriously considering how we have deposited unmined potential in the grave account, day in and day out, as people die without achieving full potential. I resolve to leave a legacy. October 1, 2007 " Climb a mountain alone and discover your inner strength. Climb a mountain with a friend and discover the strength in each other." Copyright © 2007 Samantha Pickreign October 1, 2007 " All men face mountains, but the ones with faith move theirs!" Written in 2005 by Adeleke Olugbenga --- Nigeria September 26, 2007 " E=MC2: All matter is energy and I can move matter around, so I am greater than both energy and matter; I can create my own universe!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Atul Sohal --- India September 26, 2007 " Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score." Bobby Hull September 26, 2007 " The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators." William Feather September 24, 2007 " The limits of your strength are unknown until they are tested. It is in that moment that you'll realize there are no bounds." Copyright © 2007 Kimberly A. Gamble I was up writing and had been reflecting on my own challenges. September 24, 2007 " Accomplishing and overcoming your biggest obstacle will make every mountain become an anthill." Copyright © 2007 Corey LeGrand Developed this while talking to my wife. Overcome by temporary mountains in life. September 24, 2007 " You must be bold, confident, and strong. Fight for what you believe in. Be unyielding towards your goal and have faith and trust in yourself that the end will justify the means." Copyright © 2004 Brian Buchner This came to me while I was working very hard to make my game company successful.
September 19, 2007
" Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream --- but create!"
Robert Collier
September 19, 2007
" It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."
Eleanor Roosevelt
September 19, 2007
" Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune."
Jim Rohn
September 17, 2007
" Wanting to win is common to all; working to win is the real mark of a champion."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vivek Verma --- India
This is the real mark for any individual to think about, because most of us dream, but few work toward it and achieve success.
September 17, 2007
" A dream is not what you see in sleep, it is the thing that does not let you sleep."
Dr.Kalam --- Submitted by Manjunath More --- India
To achieve anything you have to dream and to work hard to achieve the goal.
September 17, 2007
" Remember that everything you do in your daily life (bear in mind the fact that something contributes towards your future) whether positively or negatively depends entirely on you; be motivated."
Written in 2007 by Bongani Sibeko --- South Africa
This shows you a direction and reminds you to remain positive all the time.
September 12, 2007
" It is said that when you wake up in the morning you have two choices. You can continue your dream in the bed, or you can get up and make your dream become true."
Written in 2007 by Yuan Xingjun --- China
September 12, 2007
" When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something."
Robert Browning
September 12, 2007
" The key to anyone's success is living your life with absolute passion, so passionately it manifests in every waking moment of your life, it influences your thoughts and behaviors and inspires others."
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
September 10, 2007
" Start believing in yourself and the world will start believing in you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vijay Thadani --- India
September 10, 2007
" You cannot take the cubs unless you enter the tiger's den."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hannes Engelbrecht --- South Africa
No sweat, no glory.
September 10, 2007
" Follow your dreams, and never quit. Everyone has an equal opportunity to be successful."
Copyright © 2007 Brandon Crawford
You have to work hard and not give up to reach your goal in life.
September 5, 2007
" An atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles."
Written in 2007 by Jared Naidoo --- South Africa
September 5, 2007
" There are many paths in life, all leading every which way. At times it may be too dark to see the paths, or we may choose a path that says no entry. However the paths we choose make for the people that we are. Without these walks in life we get bored, tired and stagnant. We lose that spark that every human being has, that light, that life. Be who you want to be, walk where you want to walk, love who you want to love, and make life what you want to make it."
Written in 2007 by Samantha L. --- Western Australia
I wrote this for a very good friend.
September 5, 2007
" Success is at arms reach, so why are your arms folded? Be not your own enemy by procrastination, instead be your own hero by self-motivation. Just do it!"
Copyright © 2005 Arvette Queen
It came to me one day as I sulked in self pity. Then I realized that I had to power to change the situation merely by "doing".
August 29, 2007
" Believe in yourself, for it is only you who can determine whether or not you are the achiever of your dreams."
Copyright © 2007 Desiree Root
August 29, 2007
" Turn your dreams into goals, your goals into action, and your actions will fulfill your dreams."
Copyright © 1967 L. Ewing Johnson
Because dreams must be put into action for results.
August 29, 2007
" If I know I can, I may not; but if I know I will, I surely can."
Written in 2002 by Herinder Brar --- India
I believe the will to do a particular thing determines whether we can do it or not. If I have the potential to do something i.e., when I know I CAN do a certain thing, I may not act upon it and do it; but if I know I will do it, I will do it somehow, whether I have the potential or not.
August 27, 2007
" Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again."
Shannon Miller --- Submitted by Kate F. --- Wisconsin
August 27, 2007
" The only race you have to win is the race against yourself - there will always be someone faster and stronger but there will never be another you, so look within and push your own personal boundaries."
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
August 27, 2007
" Life's challenges become opportunities for those who have the vision to see the good in all things, and the faith to welcome what they see."
Copyright © 2006 Samantha Pickreign
August 22, 2007
" Failure does not become me, so I will become the greatest at what I do by my actions and habits."
Copyright © 2007 Erik Gardner
Came into my head this morning while reading notes from a conference.
August 22, 2007
" All of us have our own fears but these fears have one thing in common; that they are meant to be overcome."
Written in 2007 by Geram L. --- Philippines
I wrote this quote for those who are afraid to face their fears in life. We must always remind ourselves that we always have the power to fight them, so together we will face them, and we are powerful enough!
August 22, 2007
" Forget status symbols - real success can't be measured outwardly."
Jeff Davidson --- Submitted by Jessica S. --- North Carolina
August 20, 2007
" It is difficult to win any competition when you focus on the challenge and the other competitors. Victory becomes much easier when you focus on the race and reward."
Copyright © 2007 Allen Steble
August 20, 2007
" Knock the 't' off the can't."
George Reeves --- Submitted by Didi C. --- California
August 20, 2007
" Long distance racing is a lot like poker. Sometimes you can push the pace and go all in right from the start and hope for the best or you can slow play your hand and outsmart your opponents in the final minutes. Lastly, you can give up your hand right from the start and pick a better opportunity to reveal your abilities. The thing is though, is that everyone has their own style in poker and in long distance running. Different ways work for different people."
Mr.Migliozzi --- Submitted by Tony M., Age 17 --- Ohio
August 15, 2007
" Always remember that for every failure, comes an opportunity to learn from it. And with every success, comes an opportunity to aim for greater heights."
Written in 2007 by Aaron Tan --- Singapore
August 15, 2007 " Th
e man who can drive himself farther once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
Sir Roger Bannister
August 15, 2007
" Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed."
Charles de Montesquieu
August 13, 2007
" Everything is within your reach. Everything is possible and everything is achievable. One just has to have the guts to make that first move and make things happen for oneself."
Written in 2007 by Meynard Aquino --- Philippines
August 13, 2007
" We always have a choice in life. It's whether you know how to make full use of it that matters."
Written in 2007 by Rachel Lim --- Singapore
To motivate myself whenever I have to make choices.
August 13, 2007
" If you have to do something, you might as well do it with all your strength and all your energy because you have to do it anyway and you might as well feel good with how you did it afterwards."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nick B. --- Michigan
This comment really helped me to get through tough football practices as a kid and I use this with me players every season; it also helps me to get through the work day when I really don't want to be there.
August 8, 2007
" Champions know, if they want to win, they have to be prepared to constantly change the game plan and challenge themselves and their performance. Have you changed your game plan to success?"
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
August 8, 2007
" Celebrate what you've accomplished, but the raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed."
Mia Hamm
August 8, 2007
" Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."
Vince Lombardi
August 6, 2007
" I would rather live with consequences than regret."
Written in 1992 by Tammie Townzen --- Arkansas
August 6, 2007
" No one is inferior to you. No one is superior to you. Everybody has his/her own talent."
Written in 2007 by R. Suresh --- Tamil Nadu, India
August 6, 2007
" No one can go back and change a bad beginning but one can start anything, anytime and create a successful ending."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Preethi Bhat --- Karnataka, India
It made me seriously think.
August 1, 2007
" You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again."
Alfred Wainwright
August 1, 2007
" The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top."
Dr. Joyce Brothers
August 1, 2007
" The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer."
Nolan Bushnell
July 30, 2007
" The difference between winners and losers is that losers don't fail enough."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Hutchings --- Australia
July 30, 2007
The Israelites soldiers' predicament on Goliath's case:
He is too big to hit.
David's resolve on the same:
He is too big to miss!
How are you facing your giant today?
Written in 2005 by Mon J. Gamil --- Canada
This is almost the same as the half-empty half-full principle.
July 30, 2007
" Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."
Cecil Beaton
July 25, 2007
" Life is filled with experiences, it's a journey for us to explore. If we don't explore all the paths, we might regret it. If we do, someone can get hurt but we have to keep ourselves open and vulnerable to that. If we didn't get hurt in life, we wouldn't grow and learn; we wouldn't progress on to a new level, a new path, a new journey. However, if we take the path that we're unsure of and break through our comfort levels we could experience joy, ecstasy and things that we never believed possible. Enjoy life. Do what makes you happy."
Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
I just wrote this to a friend and figured I should share it because it may help someone to break out of their comfort zone.
July 25, 2007
" There are only two ways get anything in life: Either it is going to happen, if not, I will make it happen."
Written in 2007 by Hirak Raval --- India
July 25, 2007
" Potential is a static, but Attitude is a driving force."
Written in 2005 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
Without a positive attitude, no potential is useful.
July 23, 2007
" Nothing is impossible in this world; anything can be done with confidence."
Written in 2007 by Pavan Sharma --- India
I believe in this thought…and this is my own.
July 23, 2007
" Successful men are those who have chosen to be encouraged in discouragements."
Written in 2007 by Andrew Effiong --- Nigeria
A child learns to walk by falling many times. Show me a man who has chosen to keep on walking despite many falls, then I'll show you a man with a successful end.
July 23, 2007
" Negative thoughts are the weak link; a shift in your awareness and thinking positive will change your day."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike T. --- Florida
July 18, 2007
" I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart."
Vincent Van Gogh
July 18, 2007
" Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in."
Andrew Jackson
July 18, 2007
" The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done."
Will Durrant
July 16, 2007
" We will not stop. We will not slow down. We will not surrender. We will win. We will triumph. We will never, ever quit. Remember winners are just losers who got mad."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony M. --- Ohio
July 16, 2007
" Ignite your vision and goals with focus and a strong purpose, purpose drives action and action drives success."
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
July 16, 2007
" Success in life is not determined by how we are doing compared with others but by how we are doing compared to what we are capable of doing. Successful people compete against themselves."
Written in 2007 by Raghvendra Giri Goswamy --- India
July 11, 2007
Just Keep Flying
I promise to push myself.
I promise to try.
I'll always let go,
So I can just fly.
Determination,
I've got it no doubt,
But when I show it
There's no need to brag, to shout.
Perseverance,
I will never give up.
Never stop trying, stop flying,
Or be knocked down, like a little cup.
I'll just go for it,
Because I'd never know,
What I could do,
If I didn't let go.
It's not how well I do,
It's that I can say,
You know what?
I did my best today.
Copyright © 2007 Kate Finman
I wrote this mostly for myself. But when I shared it with my English class and teacher, everyone came back and told me how it was such a great philosophy on life. For me, it was about challenging myself. What does it mean to you?
July 11, 2007
"Did" is a word of achievement.
"Can't" is a word of defeat.
"Should" is a word of duty.
"Will" is a word of beauty.
"Can" is a word of power.
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gokul Kumar Dhamodharan --- India
July 11, 2007
" If you know where you are going, then go! If you don't, find the directions and go!"
Written in 2007 by Shoroma Mpho --- South Africa
July 9, 2007
" The true heart of a man is unknown until he's tested in battle."
Written in 2007 by Jason Hays --- Washington
I wrote this to say that you can't tell your true capabilities until you've been tested in life. You can see a man's true character when he is in the fire.
July 9, 2007
" It's okay to limit yourself but don't let anyone limit you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emily M. --- Michigan
I have a traumatic brain injury because I fell out of the back of a pickup truck going 50 miles an hour down a dirt road. I have been told I would never walk again and I'm finally up after 2 years and 6 surgeries. I'm not what they said I'd be - the doctors said I wouldn't make it or I would be brain dead and I never listened to them because I'm my own person. If they have nothing nice to say I DON'T CARE! No one can stop me from getting stronger; I'm a fighter!
July 9, 2007
" In the presence of adversity, there are those that use crutches, and others who grow wings."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renee Engdahl --- Washington
I really enjoy this one and have used it as my personal quote. We all face obstacles, but it is how we deal with them that tells the world who we really are.
July 2, 2007
" Don't ever let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do with your life! Believe in yourself, work hard and you will be successful! You have a bright future in front of you ...DREAM BIG!!!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.F., --- Louisiana
July 2, 2007
" Never do less than what is always expected, but always do more than what never is."
Copyright © 2007 Manuel Oshoa
I find this quote to be motivational, and wanted to share it with the world.
July 2, 2007
" Success is putting one foot in front of the other, never stepping back, and sometimes creating a swift kick to achieve full potential."
Copyright © 2007 Kelsey Brandenburg
June 27, 2007
" We choose our state of mind, just as we choose our behaviors and our paths in life. So choose to do something great today for yourself and others - be positive!"
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
June 27, 2007
" Perseverance, discipline, and intensity reign supreme on every champion's resume."
Copyright © 2007 Jason Hays
June 27, 2007
" It's not how hard you work but how hard you try that makes the difference."
Written in 2007 by Ray Washington --- Georgia
June 25, 2007
" The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and actualizer. He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen."
Robert L. Schwartz
June 25, 2007
" Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging."
Duke Snider
June 25, 2007
" Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."
Denis Waitley
June 20, 2007
" It is the challenges in life that make living a wonderful experience."
Written in 2007 by Jayen T. --- India
This quote frequently helps me to come out of a mood/situation when I am feeling low.
June 20, 2007
" Beyond the finish line there is always a new race, so never stop running."
Written in 2007 by Allen Steble --- Australia
If you have achieved one great thing, don't ponder it, rather keep achieving and strive for better.
June 20, 2007
" Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
June 18, 2007
" When I choose to play, I believe I can win, no matter the opponent. I fear no one. Somewhere in the mix of talent, execution, and strategy is a way to win. My job is to find it."
Copyright © 2007 J.J. O'Connell
It's my personal philosophy when competing.
June 18, 2007
" Not all closed doors are locked."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tumelo Joseph --- South Africa
June 18, 2007
" If you just want a thing, you never get it! If you imagine yourself getting it, you are halfway! If you plan sincerely to get it, you are nearer! When you work with your plan, you will surely get it!!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Titus --- India
It is realistic and interesting.
June 13, 2007
" Live each moment of your dream, your goal, with passion. Do not let your conviction and motivation die when the going gets tough. Bounce higher with every fall, aim for the impossible, and remember: you can change your destiny."
Copyright © 2007 Siddharth Elhence (India)
June 13, 2007
" In everything you do, do as if it was the last time you did it and no one would have done better; the passion is exercise for the body, mind and soul."
Copyright © 2005 Victor Mbithi (Kenya)
It forms the foundation on how I work and the satisfaction it gives me to know I have done something better than anyone else would have. It gives me the confidence that I can do anything that I put my mind into.
June 13, 2007
" Dream to Believe; Believe to Achieve."
Written in 2000 by Stephanie Moreno --- California
The outline to achieve your dreams - To achieve, you must believe you can achieve. To believe, you must have a dream to believe in.
June 11, 2007
" It is only those who have sacrificed much that will ever know the true sweetness of victory."
Copyright © 2007 Jason Hays
I believe the true freedom of victory only comes after the blood, sweat, and perseverance of those who are willing to try. To achieve a high hanging goal is truly sweet when you have to work for it!
June 11, 2007
" Anything good worth having is worth fighting for. Don't be afraid to take the lead."
Written in 2007 Nedna-Ann Johnson --- Jamaica
This is a personal quote that I use to motivate myself every morning when I wake up.
June 11, 2007
" A set-back is a set-up for a come-back."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.C. --- Pennsylvania
I love this quote because in one's life there is always something there to hold someone back from achieving a common goal, but there is always a way to come back and defeat that something holding us back.
June 6, 2007
" Getting back up after a knock or two is the real road to victory - it shows your true fire and determination to cross the finish line."
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
June 6, 2007
" Silence Is Not Golden. Say It Loud And Make A Difference."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Roger Fedrer --- Wisconsin
June 6, 2007
" Risk is it's own reward. Dare to be great."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kelsey K. --- Pennsylvania
I always lived on the safe side. After I read this, it inspired me to go after what I wanted and what I believed in. And now I am not afraid to take a few risks now and then.
June 4, 2007
" I was once asked, 'Why do you always take the hard road?' to which I replied, 'Why do you assume I see two roads?'"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Warrick --- New Jersey
June 4, 2007
" Go Hard or Go Home, but never go home hard!"
Written in 2000 by Mark McKinnon --- Canada
I came up with it back in my hockey days when I had to lay a lot on the line. Basically it means do what you need to do to the fullest to get the job done, and leave it all on the ice.
June 4, 2007
" Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time."
Josh Billings --- Submitted by U.V.Vinod Kumar --- India
May 30, 2007
" Believe in the impossible; imagine the unimaginable. All of us have a purpose and it is our destiny to fulfill it."
Written in 2007 by S.H. --- Georgia
May 30, 2007
" Don't be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.C. --- Canada
May 30, 2007
" Do more than average to be average. Do more than the best to be the best."
Written in 2002 by Tiger R. --- Oklahoma
May 30, 2007
" If you became grateful, right now, for everything that ever happened in your past, how would that impact your view of the future?"
Eric Edmeades --- Submitted by Sue K. --- England
I work with Eric and since learning this I have found everything in my life is getting easier and easier. I wake up with positive expectations because I have come to see that everything that happens to me serves me, even if I can't see it at the time.
May 23, 2007
" My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be."
Michael Jordan
May 23, 2007
" Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings."
Ralph Blum
May 23, 2007
" A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be."
Tom Landry
May 21, 2007
" When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices: go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nidhi Singhal --- UP, India
May 21, 2007
" Always try your best, never give up and remember each human being is the architect of his own destiny."
Copyright © 1986 Laureano Gomez
May 21, 2007
" Hold on to what you believe in and your dreams will always come true."
Copyright © 1988 Allen Brooks
May 16, 2007
" When a problem arises, it uses force to try to push you over and crush you of joy. The only way we can resist is if we exert equal or more force back at the problem. We must use every tool at our disposal to overcome such situations. If you want to be successful in rising above the situation, you must use every available resource. The two fundamentals are "positive thinking" and "persistence". These are only potentials because many people use every other resource but either give up or think negatively. It's only when we put these two fundamentals to use that problems can be truly solved. The other resources are up to you. The end result is if we use all our resources and overcome these problems we turn out bigger, stronger and more ready to face larger future issues."
Copyright © 2007 Allen Steble
Lifting weights regularly breaks down your muscles through micro-tears. After a little time, our muscles develop and repair - bigger and stronger than before. If the principle works physically, it also works here. This should further motivate people to fight through every problem faced.
May 16, 2007
" New Alphabets of Life: A for attitude, B for belief, C for concentration, D for desire, E for extra mile, F for Focus ... Chant these regularly."
Written in 2007 by Ashutosh Karnatak --- India
May 16, 2007
" You'll never have a shot at yesterday but you'll always have a shot at tomorrow."
Written in 2007 by Rami Mahfouz --- Canada
I would like to pass along this message because I feel it can motivate those who need it and I believe that one man's challenge is another's lesson.
May 14, 2007
" Salvage every opportunity you get, because that opportunity could be your first and last opportunity you will ever get."
Written in 2007 by Jonathan B. --- New York
I am going to Aldephi University to play baseball, but I don't start on my High School team because of politics. I play every third game and do my best because I know that the game I am playing in right now is my only game I'm playing in for the week. As a result of salvaging every opportunity I get, I am batting .800 and I am going to be playing College Baseball!
May 14, 2007
" Belief... Believe in belief, for belief opens realms sometimes unimaginable to the unopened eye. Belief is so propelling and motivational that sometimes, the only ledge we have to hold on to… is belief."
Copyright © 2007 Nate Crane
I send this quote through personal experience.
May 14, 2007
" Be a trendsetter in life instead of being just a trend follower."
Written in 2007 by Veena Vyas --- Rajasthan, India
This is my own thought, based on my life's experience, outlook and zeal to do something in life.
May 9, 2007
" I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming."
Haim Ginott --- Submitted by Gene Hairston --- North Carolina
When I read this quote it caused a lot of thought for me. My entire sales team has adopted this philosophy. It leads you to individual and team accountability.
May 9, 2007
" Challenges are BIG and they are everywhere. It counts, when you pick one!"
Written in 2007 by Sreeji Peethambaran --- India
The basic reason to write this was to let my team know, even if you are facing challenges in work, family, social or emotional levels every day, if you are determined, the way becomes clearer day by day. Everything is a challenge; ones survival is also a challenge (Survival of the fittest- Darwin). If one can survive this BIGGEST challenge, he is capable to take ahead more challenges in life. Be positive and stay determined to win all challenges.
May 9, 2007
" The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching our goals. The tragedy lies in not having a goal to reach. Take life by the horns and give it a good shake and make the most of every opportunity. Only you can limit the distance you are willing to travel through life by the choices you make."
Written in 2007 by Peter Pearson --- Australia
May 2, 2007
" I am led this way in my life. I look for something and find something else. I then realize that what I've found is more suited to my needs than what I thought I was looking for. It's not serendipity - there are no coincidences. My heart and soul are open to what I need and what I should do."
Miguel Diocuore --- Submitted by Mike Corthell --- New Hampshire
May 2, 2007
" If it is worth doing, it is worth taking a risk."
Written in 2005 by Coach Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD
May 2, 2007
" The impossible is nothing. If you believe, you can do it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.C. --- England
April 30, 2007
When things are roughest
When that voice inside of you is saying...
"Just Give Up"
Don't l isten
Don't quit
Never settle for mediocrity
Don't give up
Just because your critics don't think you're qualified
Because if you are healthy, you are qualified
Even if you aren't, you must persist
Because you are a champion
You were made an over comer
Nothing can stop you
Program it into your mind
That you are the best, not arrogant
Help others
Love everyone
These are the qualities of a winner
Be strong
Be the champion god made you
Copyright © 2007 Josh Roberts
Bull Riding is a very tough sport that plays a toll on your body and even bigger on your mind. You cannot be defeated. Don't give up!
April 30, 2007
" Everyone's a fighter. Believe in yourself, fight for what you believe in and wake up and live."
Written In 2007 by Jodie W. --- England
I believe in being youself and doing what you believe is right. Life wouldn't be life if were not spontaneous so get out there and live.
April 30, 2007
" I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life like a champion.'"
Muhammad Ali
April 25, 2007
" Honor is not something you are handed; it is something you earn inside yourself. Honor Your Team, Honor Your Teammates, Honor Yourself."
Copyright © 2007 Joshua Milas
This is something I thought of when I was running the other day. My team has been going though a hard year so far, and this supported them all. I though this might be good for someone else too.
April 25, 2007
" Success is not permanent and failure is not final! So, never stop working after success and never stop trying after failure!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sachin Patel --- India
It motivates the failure and alerts the success.
April 25, 2007
" It is not where or who you are, it is where or who you will be."
Written in 2006 by Kris O. --- Saskatchewan, Canada
You should never give up on your dreams or goals. Never!
April 23, 2007
" Throughout my life, my friends and folks have offered me advice. And though they meant the best for me, it often wasn't nice. They would always say my plans were just more crazy schemes. And every time I listened, I let them steal my dreams. I guess they feared, in case I failed, that I really shouldn't try. So I never spread my wings and never learned to fly. But they're just folks who only see the world the way it seems, and I am no longer going to let those people steal my dreams."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ruben Chambers --- Texas
I know that there are many people out there that want to do so much more. Deep down, they know that they are capable of accomplishing their dreams but sadly it is the mediocre minds that bring them right back down. I just want to let people know to go after them! Don't let the dream stealers bring you down.
April 23, 2007
" Each of us is ordinary with the ability to live an extraordinary life. Live your life with passion, leaving no stone unturned."
Copyright © 2007 Kimerly Adamson
April 23, 2007
" Fight hard and earn what you want. The best way to get what you want is to bust your butt and spend the resources you need to get it. You do this and you can achieve anything you wish."
Written in 2007 by Stephan W. --- Wisconsin
I needed a way to motivate myself toward more than one goal. I have aspirations and I intend on getting where I set my goals.
April 18, 2007
" Be determined... Be courageous... You're only as good as what you think you are, so make the most of your opportunities and give it your best shot. Remember this, tough times don't last… but tough people do!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Samuel P. --- Australia
It's got me to AFL and I am so thankful.
April 18, 2007
" Investment in people brings the highest return in life."
Copyright © 2007 Joanne Almsteadt
April 18, 2007
" Life is an experiment. It could end in disaster one day, puts you on top of the world the next day and will leave you wondering what happens, the next. The challenge is to turn the experiment into a life, well experimented."
Written in 20007 by Dinesh Watawana --- Sri Lanka
April 16, 2007
" Life has a tendency to push you down against the ground. You decide whether you will lie on your back, rest on your knees, or crouch and wait for the moment to leap up and reach heights higher than when you stood on your feet."
Copyright © 2007 Edgar Chavz
I selected this quote because it reminds me that even in time of despair and hopelessness, we still need to be ready to overcome and fight our obstacles. We can choose to dwell in our own pity or learn and grow from our suffering.
April 16, 2007
" Beating your opponent is great, dominating your opponent is greater, and in order to dominate one must be physically, mentally, and spiritually stronger than their opponent. When one reaches this plateau, domination is guaranteed."
Copyright © 2007 Chad Compton
April 16, 2007
" Success is sweet! It's secret is sweat!"
Dr. J.N. Reddy --- Submitted by Satish Kumar R. --- India
These lines inspire me like nothing else. Whenever I remember these lines, I go crazy in whatever I'm doing. Your website is really good! Keep the velocity going!
April 11, 2007
" I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done."
Mike Ditka
April 11, 2007
" Set your sights beyond what you can see. There is true majesty in the concept of an unseen power which can be neither measured nor weighed."
Ted Koppel
April 11, 2007
" Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy."
Jim Rohn
April 9, 2007
" She was the girl that thrived on adversity. Overcoming life's setbacks & disappointments was nothing new to her. Sure, they broke her at first, sometimes for months on end, but eventually the puzzle pieces forged together and her broken heart was made stronger. Her heart was made indestructible. Made "Ford tough" and like the energizer bunny that kept going on and going, so was her heart. Nothing could break her. Not the circumstances, not the battle scars that inflicted her. Nothing. :)"
Written in 2007 by Megan M. --- Florida
I've had over 4 knee surgeries, & I'm a collegiate soccer player. I went through a bad spell of depression for about 6 months, but I'm finally happy again. Things will eventually fall into place. Just keep the faith.
April 9, 2007
" Aim high, Aim for the impossible. Do not worry what others say! Have the conviction in your dreams, in your thoughts. Soon you will realize you have made your dreams possible."
Written in 2007 by Siddharth Elhence --- India
April 9, 2007
" Push yourself past your own expectations and those of others. Once you think you have had enough, push a little harder."
Written in 2007 by Nicky C. --- New York
It's so important that you never give up and never settle for anything less than your best.
April 4, 2007
" When I play I expect to win, not because of arrogance but because I gave it my all!"
Copyright © 2007 Rafaell Murillo
This is one of my philosophies in life.
April 4, 2007
" Become what you are and never surrender the bloody fight, because it's not over unless you let it be over."
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Busshart
April 4, 2007
" The best compliment a leader can receive is not from their leader, but from those they lead."
Copyright © 2007 Mitchell Orapello
April 2, 2007
" You have the power within you to do whatever it is you want to do."
Written in 2005 by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD
April 2, 2007
" Hard work is straight line and luck is a curved line. Follow the straight line and the curved line will follow you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tejvir Kaur --- India
I believe in these lines because a couple of years ago I was fully dependent on my luck, thanking or cursing my luck for my every move. My life has been changed by this thought. Do the hard work and wonders will de done.
April 2, 2007
" If you never give up, you are a winner!!"
John Akhwari --- Submitted by Boitumelo Mokoena --- South Africa
Learn to never give up, no matter how uphill the road seems to be.
March 28, 2007
" Always set the bar for your goals higher than you think you can jump. If you reach for it and fall, as long as you get up and give it another shot, then you will have accomplished more than you ever thought was possible. And the day that you do achieve that goal, it will be the best feeling in the world."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by N.H. --- Utah
My coach told me this when I was having a hard time believing in myself. He said that he wasn't ever going to give up on me until the day that I gave up on myself, and those words are what kept me going. Just believe and you can do amazing things.
March 28, 2007
" When you look at the stars on a clear night, their beauty strikes us with awe. And although the stars appear the same distance away, they are all spread out over a massive distance. Some stars are not so far away, others millions and millions of light years away. When we make even small goals and work hard toward them, and eventually achieve them, we are in fact reaching for stars. Big goals and small goals only differ in the fact that the furthest star takes a longer journey to reach. Remember when you work hard toward any of your goals, think of them as reaching for stars, for stars make the night a thing of beauty and achieving our goals takes us to those stars."
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
I thought of this whist actually looking at the sky on a clear summer night and pondering the beauty of the thousands of visible stars, and the first thing that came to mind was achieving goals.
March 28, 2007
" Life is like a game of soccer; you need goals."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Davis --- United Kingdom
As long as you have the right tactics, you're sure to win at the final whistle.
March 26, 2007
" When you've been defeated and you feel hopeless and all you want to do is feel sorry for yourself, this is the time when a true champion evolves; to pick themselves up and keep going no matter how many times they've fallen in the past."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.M. --- New Jersey
March 26, 2007
" Commitment says, I am predictable in the unpredictable future."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Julka --- India
March 26, 2007
" Most often, gentleness and politeness are considered or mistaken as traits of meekness or cowardice. The strongest people are the ones who are gentle, soft and immensely polite."
Copyright © 2007 Lakkoju Goutham
March 14, 2007
" Even though the chains of responsibility may hold her, they will never really have her, since like the caged bird that sings, she is always striving for a better day, and that day will come, she only has to endure, be patient, and wait."
Copyright © 2006 R.E.Easton
It's a saying/quote/proverb that I came up with one day when my outlook on life was not the brightest it could have been. Whenever things get me down, I think of this quote. The motto for it is, today may look and seem bad, but tomorrow is a whole new day; the future isn't always the same every day.
March 14, 2007
" If you give up when it's WINTER, you will miss the promise of SPRING, the beauty of your SUMMER and the fulfillment of your FALL. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come sometime or later."
Written in 2007 by Ian Campomanes --- Philippines
March 14, 2007
" When you fight, fight like a lion. If you get hurt, fight like a wounded lion. The only losers in this world are the quitters."
Written in 2007 by Ronaldo A. Gonzales --- Philippines
This my favorite quote and it encourages me to keep standing whenever I end on the ground bleeding.
March 12, 2007
" I'm not working to make a living; I'm living to make a difference."
Copyright © 2007 Carlos Paez
March 12, 2007
" Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve. Achieve."
Andrew Carnegie
March 12, 2007
" I know quite certainly that I have no special gift. Curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance have brought me my ideas."
Albert Einstein
March 7, 2007
" Don't get comfortable; always stay motivated or you will be just like everyone else. Set yourself apart!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by David Vazquez --- Michigan
This was my motivation quote for a new job I got. A reminder of how I was going to set myself apart.
March 7, 2007
" Break the silence with your smile; Break the barriers with your confidence. This makes everything possible in Life."
Written in 2007 by Keerthivasan V. --- India
March 7, 2007
" Life is a lesson. A Lesson to be taught is in the past. A Lesson to teach is ALWAYS in the future. Look, Think forward."
Written in 2007 by Matthew T. --- United Kingdom
March 5, 2007
" The difference between the average and outstanding person is their positive attitude, perseverance to reach their goals and ability to share their success with others."
Written in 2006 Kimerly Adamson --- New Zealand
March 5, 2007
" To be a winner you keep your feet under your chin. Bloody or not, you fight for what you earned and you earn every inch that you earned. Only you and god know what desires are in the fire of your veins and the sweat on your palms. My mom always told me to never let any man tell me I wasn't good enough or smart enough. Look at yourself in the mirror… it's you and you... no one can touch you…. You're invincible!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.A. --- New Hampshire
March 5, 2007
" The most successful individuals in life are those who learn how to move forward with each day, placing yesterday's experience in its rightful place; a place called Yesterday."
Copyright © 2007 Nacrissa J. Vil
February 28, 2007
" Always remember that no matter how many times people put you down, no matter how hard they kick you, scream at you, point the finger at you and call you a loser, no matter how many times you get knocked down, always make sure you get back up. There is no better respect than self-respect; they can't take that away. You are the one in charge of your own destiny; no one else. They are but an obstacle for better things to come. Keep moving forward and you will get there. Just believe in yourself for 1 darn minute and say, "I can do this, I... can... do... this." Scream these words loud to yourself, then see and feel the difference."
Written in 2007 by R.S.
February 28, 2007
" When the escalator to success breaks, take the stairs."
Ralph Abernathy III --- Submitted by Evelina R. --- Virgin Islands
February 28, 2007
" Talk is cheap. Walk is silent."
Written in 2007 by Israel Christopher --- Georgia
What I'm trying to get across is, you have people that talk the talk of "I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that, I'm gonna be so successful", but the never go and do anything so that's all you hear. On the other hand the people that are walking the walk and living their life long goals are too busy doing what they do without all the wasted energy of talking about what they are "gonna do". It's sort of like actions speak louder than words. People should be simply doing what they want to do not just talking about it. Example: A writer writes. A producer produces. A singer sings. Just do it. No time for fear, hesitation, procrastination, talk and more talk. Either do it, or don't.
February 26, 2007
" Abundance is yours to embrace, recognize what you've been given, be thankful, and don't spend your energy focusing on the things you perceive you lack, for you only lack that which you believe is impossible to obtain."
Copyright © 2007 Anna Winfrey
February 26, 2007
" I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight."
George S. Patton --- Submitted by R. H. --- Texas
I believe we all have our soldier days. Sometimes when things aren't going our way, we tend to give up. This one reminds me that if I am ever going to rise to my own expectations, I can't be pulled down by the negatives.
February 26, 2007
" Success isn't a matter of being the best & winning the race; it's a matter of handling the worst & finishing the race."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashish Bapodara --- India
February 21, 2007
" Change is a state of mind; Evolution is a state of being."
Copyright © 2007 Demecio Barrera
Hopefully it'll help someone find themself and realize to look beyond the moment.
February 21, 2007
" The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can."
Robert Cushing
February 21, 2007
" Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."
Lou Holtz
February 19, 2007
" To succeed you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the persevering soul, "At my will, mountains will crumble up". Have that sort of energy, that sort of will, work hard and you will reach the goal."
Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Balagopal Thachangot --- India
These words helped me to get the right job. It's really motivational and hit our mind directly.
February 19, 2007
" If you start with perplexities and confusions know that you will end up with results and conclusions."
Written in 2007 by K. Ashwin Kumar --- India
In the initial stages of a project, I was very much confused with the concept. I learned everything I needed to know and at the end, the project was a big success. So suddenly this quote came to my mind and I wrote it. It really motivates me; hope it motivates you too.
February 19, 2007
" If you think that you are good, you must believe that someone else might be better than you. So you must wake up and be your best."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ibrahim Othman --- Malaysia
February 19, 2007
" My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces."
Wilma Rudolph
February 14, 2007
" As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance...but no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still - and persevere."
Madeleine Albright --- Submitted by Ruben Chambers --- Texas
I read this earlier on another business website and it hit me right between the numbers!! I really wanted to share it with everyone. Understand that challenges are not necessarily a bad thing. They're there to let you know that the greater the prize, the greater the price. So just be strong, suck it up, and keep moving forward. And remember to always aim high, otherwise why aim at all?
February 14, 2007
" The sky is not the limit. That is where we BEGIN."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mandeep Singh --- India
This quote is my signature line. It has encouraged me a lot and increased my vision to see the future. It has motivated me to do more & more hard work.
February 14, 2007
" The only things that are impossible are the ones you can't imagine."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony Sharrocks --- England
February 12, 2007
" Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life's battle goes for those who believe."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joshua Andrew Vega --- Philippines
This has been my pondering line to face life's challenges and every endeavor that I have.
February 12, 2007
" If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Wayne Dyer --- Submitted by Travis Devance --- Illinois
February 12, 2007
" Just look inside and you will find the answer to any question you may have. You are the mind of creation; create your life with all the answers."
Copyright © 2007 Tracy Braime
January 31, 2007
" There is no such thing as a good, bad, or indifferent soldier. To be called a soldier is to be deserving of the highest compliments; it needs no prefix or describing word; it is absolute, like being dead or alive. There is no halfway measure. You are a soldier or you are not."
Capt. D.E. Pearce --- Submitted by A.S. --- Canada
January 31, 2007
" A warrior does not give up what he loves; he finds the love in what he does."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Daniel Abad Jr. --- California
I picked this because I'm in a time in my life where I just might have to give up what I love, music. This quote is taken from a movie called, "Peaceful Warrior."
January 31, 2007
" Motivation is the key towards success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.L. --- Minnesota
I thought it up myself and it helped me to think that I and anybody can succeed in anything, only if they have motivation to succeed.
January 29, 2007
" Start believing in yourself and others will too."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kaushal Fajalia --- India
I read this quote on a portrait of a lion standing with his head high.
January 29, 2007
" It's never to late to become what you could have been."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Diana R. --- California
I read this once, and I loved it, and very true!
January 29, 2007
" Fail often, fail fast, fail cheap."
Jim Estill --- Submitted by M. James --- Canada
This quote reminds us that we don't have to be afraid of failure. Being paralyzed with fear can often lead to crippling stasis. I like this quote because it helps me move forward. The best thing about it is that failures (or attempts to succeed in any sort) generally lead to success.
January 24, 2007
" Open your eyes to a better life. It may hurt at first, but that's because the future is so bright."
Copyright © 2007 Jordan Porcher
January 24, 2007
" Give 110% each time, and you can ONLY move forward towards your goal, thus reaching it is inevitable."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jeremy Y. --- Western Australia
The quote was most truthfully made by my Sabaum (Instructor)of my dojang, and has helped me throughout all the hard situations I have encountered through such as school, work, training and of course my long term goals. Hopefully this will point you away from the inadequacy that one may feel from an 'almost impossible' situation.
January 24, 2007
" You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period."
"The Pursuit of Happyness" -- Submitted by Kate Flanagan --- U.K.
Revising for some really big exams at the moment and this quote really spoke to me. It already has motivated me to do more work!
January 22, 2007
" Even the hardest mathematics problems usually have an easy solution; it is just finding the right formula that can be difficult. When confronted with difficulties in life, don't look for the solution, look for the formula which we all have: contentment=positive thought + positive action. Once you've worked out the positives, you can work out the solution."
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
January 22, 2007
" Some require luck, others skill, the greats require nothing; fate bends for them."
Written in 2007 by R. M. --- Canada
January 22, 2007
" Don't ever try. Do it or don't."
Written in 2006 by Sven Grodem --- Norway
January 17, 2007
" You have the power to help people become winners."
Ken Blanchard
January 17, 2007
" In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season."
Bill Vaughan
January 17, 2007
" The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success."
B. C. Forbes
January 15, 2007
" I know it's hard, I know you are afraid, I know the circumstances are completely against you and I know that you don't have anyone to cry or laugh with... I know you failed before, I know how bad you felt at that time an I know it's something you wouldn't like to experience again… But I also know it's your choice; it's your choice to feel the way you feel, it's your choice to let fear stand in your way, it's your choice to let your past haunt you and it's your choice to let your loneliness sabotage your hope... And I know it will be your choice when you stand up and do what you have to do, I know it will be your choice when you start to be positive and believe in yourself, I know it will be your choice when you decide to give your ABSOLUTE BEST and never quit NO MATTER WHAT. Yes, my friend, I know it, and I know YOU KNOW IT TOO."
Copyright © 2006 Andres Lord
January 15, 2007
" Before you start the race, you don't need to know how far the road is or if it goes uphill or downhill. The target is the finish line, and you will cross it before the day ends."
Copyright © 2007 Grant Ormerod BSc (hons) PGCE
A good way to begin a day or a sports event. You can't design unpredictability, but you know where you want to end up and that's at the end and successful.
January 15, 2007
" Never be satisfied until victory is in your hands."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sebastian S. --- California
January 10, 2007
" Like a bird spreading their wings, you must open your mind and believe. The wider you spread your wings, the further you will fly."
Written in 2007 by J. Babington --- Australia
January 10, 2007
" Once it is conceivable, it is achievable. Don't give up!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony Okonkwo --- Nigeria
January 10, 2007
" A free spirit cannot be contained by a tangible cage, only by the intangible mind."
Written in 2006 by Kayla B. --- Kansas
I myself am a free spirit and thought this quote might help others to realize their potential.
January 8, 2007
" Somehow you will win, when you believe."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Almirante Bacayo - Philippines
January 8, 2007
" Find the power within yourself and BE IT!"
Copyright © 2006 Julie Martin
December 20, 2006
Forget what the newspaper said!
Forget what the TV said!
Forget what the radio said!
Forget what your family said!
Forget what you friends said!
Forget what your boyfriend/girlfriend said!
Forget what the president said!
Forget what the governor said!
Forget what the psychic said!
Forget what the palm reader said!
Forget what the tarot cards said!
Forget what your horoscope said!
Forget what position the moon is in!
Forget what your priest/ pastor/etc… said!
Forget what your teacher said!
Forget what the dream analyzer said!
Forget what your boss said!
Forget what the books said!
Forget what the doctor said!
Forget what I said! (including this)
*What about what you think?*
You are in control of every minute of your life!
Don't give your power away!
Written in 2006 by C. Delgado --- California
December 20, 2006
" The reason someone tells you you can't do something is because they've never tried or failed the first time and never got back up again."
Written in 2006 by N.C. --- Arizona
This is a quote I thought up in my struggle to persevere and accomplish my goals and create "my life as a business plan".
December 20, 2006
" Always give hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Julka --- India
December 18, 2006
" I believe. Nothing is more powerful than this."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nikhil Kumar --- India
December 18, 2006
" Some people are extraordinary, because they put in the extra effort apart from the ordinary."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Guru Prasad --- New York
Being extraordinary means rising above the ordinary...and it starts with you....Now! Good Wishes to all!
December 18, 2006
" Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us."
James Harvey Robinson
December 13, 2006
" A fruit never tasted so sweet than as the one you walked furthest to pick."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shane Marett --- Texas
December 13, 2006
" Success without a positive attitude is called luck. Success with a positive attitude is called achievement."
Copyright © 2006 Mike Weisberg
December 13, 2006
" If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
Bruce Barton
December 11, 2006
" Stay focused, then the direction and destination will be crystal clear!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Julka --- India
December 11, 2006
" It doesn't matter what motivates you to work, as along as you are motivated to achieve."
Written in 2006 by Shahin Kamali --- United Kingdom
December 11, 2006
" The easiest thing in life is failure; the hardest is overcoming that. Keep your head up high and keep on walking."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by I.S. --- Illinois
December 6, 2006
" Somewhere, someone is practicing. And when you meet him on the field, face to face, one on one, he'll beat you unless that someone who's practicing is you. So work the left, run the stairs, crank the corners. Give it everything you've got, every day. And when you get tired and feel like quitting, ask yourself, is the other guy tired? Is he quitting?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eric H. --- Colorado
This is what I live by for my training in lacrosse.
December 6, 2006
" The best way to handle anything in Life is to give it your very best. Push at it until you get what you desire. Give it as many attempts as possible. Perseverance pays at the end."
Written in 2005 by Alaba Oluwaseun --- Nigeria
December 6, 2006
" IF you believe it can be done, then it will get done."
Written in 2006 by Mark A. Howard --- South Carolina
December 4, 2006
" They enjoyed crossing pebbles & stones. I crossed rocks and found I had conquered a Mountain."
Written in 2006 by Siddharth Elhence --- India
December 4, 2006
" When chips are down, the champions cherish the moment because challenges change their status quo."
Written in 2006 by Sithsaba Gaulana --- South Africa
I struggled for almost 5 years to be recognized in terms of my performance and qualifications by my employer. By that time I kept on depositing valuable notes in my Emotional Bank Account. I worked hard and blended it by being smart. This year I've jump four post levels in terms of promotion. My past is history.
December 4, 2006
" Learn the art of converting failure into success and challenge into opportunity. There is no failure for the person who has mastered this art."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Narendra Kumar --- India
November 29, 2006
" You stop being average the day you decide to become a Champion, because the average person won't make that decision."
Tom Hopkins
November 29, 2006
" You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional."
Joe Paterno
November 29, 2006
" My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset."
Jack Nicklaus
November 27, 2006
" Commitment is a line you must cross - it is the difference between dreaming and doing."
Bernie Fuchs
November 27, 2006
" Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: Are your ready?"
Johnny Carson
November 27, 2006
" Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points."
Knute Rockne
November 22, 2006
" All power is within you, you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak... You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there. Stand up and express the divinity with you... Arise, awake, sleep no more. With each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all miseries. Believe in this, that power will be manifested."
Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Sangram Chinda ---India
November 22, 2006
" When confronted with a mountain, the secret to climb to the very top is not to look at it as one big obstacle, but rather many small obstacles. If a mountain is 8,000 metres high, think of it as eight 1,000 metre obstacles. When confronted with large problems, try to break them up into smaller ones by taking it one step at a time. When we do this and reach the top, the outlook is great."
Written in 2006 by Allen Steble --- Australia
November 22, 2006
" The future is an endless world of possibilities."
Written in 2006 by Christopher Ammirati --- New Jersey
November 20, 2006
" To be number one you must train like you're number two. Because if you train like you're number one, you have no place to go."
Copyright © 1998 Maurice Greene - Olympic Champion
I made this up in 1998 after I won the world championships that were in Greece. So I can stay on top, I worked by this saying.
November 20, 2006
" Believe in yourself, and you can do unbelievable things."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.C. --- Virgina
November 20, 2006
" The human mind is too precious to be left unattended. It must constantly be renewed and nourished with positive, uplifting and worthwhile thoughts."
Copyright © 2006 Ken Elofuke
One must make deliberate efforts to keep his/her thoughts and mindset renewed. I came to this realization a few days ago as I went through motivational quotes I wrote down some years back. The result on me was tremendously refreshing! I felt rejuvenated!
November 15, 2006
" Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new zest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy."
Norman Vincent Peale
November 15, 2006
" In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
Bill Cosby
November 15, 2006
" As you move through life, set aside good ideas and give them to others to encourage and inspire."
Peter J. Daniels
November 13, 2006
" Desire what you want. Dedicate yourself to do it. Discipline yourself to continuously go through the steps to get you there."
Written in 2006 by Shannon Lepley --- Tennessee
November 13, 2006
" Stay loose. Learn to watch snails. Plant impossible gardens. Invite someone dangerous to tea. Make little signs that say yes! And post them all over your house. Make friends with freedom & uncertainty. Look forward to dreams. Cry during movies. Swing as high as you can on a swingset, by moonlight. Cultivate moods. Do it for love. Take lots of naps. Believe in magic. Laugh a lot. Celebrate every gorgeous moment. Take moonbaths. Have wild imaginings, transformative dreams, and perfect calm. Draw on the walls. Read everyday. Imagine yourself magic. Giggle with children. Listen to old people. Open up. Dive in. Be free. Bless yourself. Drive away fear. Play with everything. Entertain your inner child. You are innocent. Build a fort with blankets. Get wet. Hug trees. Write love letters."
SARK ---Submitted by Prince Joshua --- Uganda
November 13, 2006
" The minute you choose to do what you really want to do it's a different kind of life."
Buckminster Fuller
November 8, 2006
" Life is your business, and YOU are the boss."
Copyright © 2006 Jules Benson
November 8, 2006
" Desire, dedication and discipline will win the day and the dream!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Julka --- India
November 8, 2006
A bar of iron costs Rs. 250
But when made into a horseshoe,
its worth is Rs. 1000
When made into needle,
its worth is Rs. 10,000
When made into balance springs for watches,
its worth is Rs. 1,00,000
Your own value is determined
Not by what you are,
But what you are able to make out of yourself.br> Author Unknown --- Submitted by Priya Santharam --- India
November 6, 2006
" The human mind is the most malleable thing in the creation. You say to it, 'I can't''...it gives up. There is defeat even before the battle is begun. You say to it day after day, 'I can', and follow it up with discipline, persistence and hard work... then Success is yours even before you realize it and easier than you thought."
Copyright © 2006 Guru Prasad
I adopted this myself when I felt everything was lost and I was doomed. I thought Life was constantly moving from a 'frying pan' to the 'fire'. With this 'mantra' everyday... at first, everyday was 'attempting to survive from one disaster to another'. Then, it seemed maybe, 'Achieving was not that difficult'. When the positive way of thought became the order of the day then it seemed, 'Success was a foregone conclusion and a setback here and there was just an aberration!' Finally, the real joy was that 'Life seemed worthwhile'. I want every soul out there to feel this way. Three cheers to the 'Greatness of the Malleability of the Human Mind'.
November 6, 2006
A - Action
T - The
T - Terrific
I - Ideal
T - That
U - You
D - Deserve
E - Everything
Written in 2002 by Simon Taufao
November 6, 2006
" Opportunity is not for those who can! Opportunity is for those who do!"
Copyright © 2001 Tony Lemieux
November 1, 2006
" A bird sings not because it has an answer but rather because it has a song."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Prince Joshua --- Uganda
November 1, 2006
" Dreams are where Achievements are born."
Written in 2006 by Arathi.G --- India
November 1, 2006
" Everybody writes his/her own life story. It is up to you to make it a legend or not."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Abazar Habibinia --- Canada
November 1, 2006
" Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."
Mike Singletary
October 30, 2006
" When in self-doubt, take a moment and envision your life as you would want it to be. Then consider, how YOU and only YOU, could make it even better. This small exercise could just unveil the vast potential which you never thought you had."
Written in 2006 Lubna Dawood --- United Arab Emirates
Something which helps me get through some of the rough patches in life.
October 30, 2006
" In today's world there is no such thing as "Winning & Losing" but "Winning & Learning" only."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lingesh Sithambaram --- Malaysia
October 30, 2006
" Fall with pride because scars are just physical proof of a memory filled with guts and glory."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Krier --- Indiana
October 25, 2006
" You begin by always expecting good things to happen."
Tom Hopkins
October 25, 2006
" You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be."
Robert Collier
October 25, 2006
" A champion shows who he is by what he does."
Evander Holyfield
October 23, 2006
" He who looks outside dreams, he who looks inside awakens."
Robin Sharma --- Submitted by Baiju John --- India
October 23, 2006
" Never settle for your present level of achievement."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amy W. --- Florida
October 23, 2006
" It takes no talent to give effort."
Written in 1985 by J.H. --- California
I'm a high school football coach and have been around a variety of kids with a wide range of ability. The one common thread is effort. Big, little, short, tall, skinny, fat, fast or slow. Everyone has the ability to give effort. Do your best to be your best.
October 18, 2006
" Imagination is an unlimited resource. Imagine what you can be, do and have."
Copyright © 2006 Tracy Braime
October 18, 2006
" Running is for everyone, cross-country is for athletes."
Written in 2006 by Megan W. --- Illinois
October 18, 2006
" There's always a better way to do things and always choose to find it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Candz Zosa --- Philippines
October 16, 2006
" Don't doubt yourself if you're not the best; doubt yourself only if you did not do your best."
Written in 2005 by JD Harper --- Georgia
While training to become a firefighter, I realized that there are people much better at this job than I am. Immediately I knew that usually being the best at what I do was not going to happen so instead of doubting myself and my abilities, I decided that as long as I did my best, there was no room for doubt. We hear the saying, "It's not the size of the dog in the fire, but the size of the fire in the dog", a lot around here and that is very true. NEVER EVER GIVE UP!!!
October 16, 2006
" Our achievements are a reflection of our willingness not our circumstances."
Written in 2006 by Ntuthuko Ntshangase --- South Africa
October 16, 2006
" The challenges of life lay within our minds. It is not in our capabilities that we lack, but in our imaginations and dreams that we falter."
Copyright © 2006 Gabe Arnold
October 11, 2006
" When you are exhausted from trying, try just one more time."
Written in 2006 by Chrisse Feros --- Australia
October 11, 2006
" Opportunities are great when they appear, but even better when they are made."
Written in 2006 by Allen Steble --- Australia
October 11, 2006
" It is not bad to make mistakes. Mistakes are the best teachers. They teach through practical lessons, which not even the best book can provide. So, learning through mistakes is not merely getting an education but also giving honor to the mistake. This can motivate us to develop a zero error strategy for success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dip Bhattacharjee --- India
October 9, 2006
" When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
Audre Lorde --- Submitted by Chris B. --- Pennsylvania
October 9, 2006
" If you want to succeed in the battle field, then just close the doors behind you so that you can't run away. Just Do It."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shyam Rudra --- India
October 9, 2006
" Swimming is 10% mental and 90% physical. It's just that the 10% controls everything else."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Niki H. ---Utah
This is a great quote for any swimmer who thinks that they don't have what it takes. Get that mental barrier down and go for your dreams!!
October 4, 2006
" I have never been the smartest, I have never been the strongest; but what I lack in natural ability, I make up for in determination and discipline."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paula W. --- California
October 4, 2006
" No successful person has ever bypassed failure. So if you think that you should, you're not ready to succeed. If you face your failures, success is the end fruit of all it all."
Copyright © 2006 Nacrissa J. Vil
October 4, 2006
" A positive attitude and thoughts are maintained by the inner conversations we constantly have with ourselves, both consciously and subconsciously."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anantha G. --- California
October 2, 2006
" Life does not offer you what you deserve; life offers you what you demand."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Samson Olabode --- Nigeria
October 2, 2006
" There are two types of people that choose to succeed; those that choose to prove someone right and those that choose to prove someone wrong."
Written in 2006 by Tim Reeter --- Illinois
October 2, 2006
" There may always be someone better, but never let that stop you from being your best."
Written in 2006 by Mike Weisberg --- New Jersey
September 27, 2006
" Without failure there can be no success. Failure shows us how to succeed."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by P. Fridley --- Texas
I was cut from my high school basketball team 4 years in a row because I wasn't good enough. I'm the only one in my high school class who got a scholarship to play basketball in college. 4 failures showed me how to get 1 big success.
September 27, 2006
" The meek may inherit the earth, but they'll never rule the water."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.D. --- Indiana
This is one of the best swimmer or any aquatic motivational sayings. Can be used for Coast Guard, Life Guard and water related job.
September 27, 2006
" Reach for the stars and land on the moon, however, reach for the moon and you'll land on your ass."
Author Unknown ---Submitted by N. Heesen --- Colorado
My old boss used to tell me this quote all of the time and I lived by it. It means that you should never sell yourself short. Don't be afraid to go for what you believe in. If you have a dream, follow it all the way through and dream big. The bigger you dream the better off you'll be. If you dream large and you fall a little bit short then you are further off than where you started. However, if you dream small then you won't be any better off than you were the moment you started dreaming. Dreaming big can never hurt, as long as you are willing to do what it takes to accomplish that dream. Dream bigger and bigger things will happen to you.
September 25, 2006
" It's difficult to become successful, it's difficult to be successful...you just have to choose your difficulty."
Copyright © 2006 Greg T. Sirpis
September 25, 2006
" It is not how big a tree is, but the depth of its roots that determines its strength."
Written in 2006 by Prince Joshua --- Uganda
September 25, 2006
" To achieve your goals you have to have a heart of lion. To be great, at whatever you do, you have to have passion and faith like a child. To spread the message, you have to stand up tall and shout to ends of the world."
Copyright © 2006 Juan J. Arzu
September 22, 2006
" Be willing to launch in faith, with no guarantees of success. This is the mark of personal greatness."
Brian Tracy
September 22, 2006
" Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball."
Billie Jean King
September 22, 2006
" It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."
Edmund Hillary
September 20, 2006
" The heart of a champion knows the strategy to win the game."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kurt K. --- Iowa
September 20, 2006
" If you have the will to win, you have achieved half of your success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pulkit B. --- India
September 20, 2006
" Just as a stubborn child finally has his way with his parents, so can we with our stubbornness (perseverance) get what we want from Life."
Written in 2006 by Bhupender Sharma --- India
September 13, 2006
" DONT GIVE UP! Giving up means giving in ... giving in to failure, giving in to your fears, giving in to weakness. Jut hold on because you never know what's just around the corner and you'll never know if you gave up!"
Written in 2006 by S. Jurczak --- Delaware
September 13, 2006
" Stop looking at the stone and start playing with the sand."
Copyright © 2006 Chase Williams
Life is not about finding ways to make the least mistakes, but finding ways to take advantage of people's mistakes around you. Do this and you will soon forget about your own. Because if you are always looking behind you into the past, who is looking forward at the future? Dwelling on past events turns you into that person walking around; constantly looking everywhere except where they are going. So don't dwell on the things that can't be changed. If you do they will only change you in the end. So turn around and make your life, don't watch it be made.
September 13, 2006
" The road to greatness is a hard one. The hardships encountered along the way are what make us great."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. Hema --- NSW, Australia
This is a quote I give to my clients who are really struggling to stay motivated to achieve their fitness goals. It has helped me when things are tough to just stay on and pull through.
September 11, 2006
" Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances seems sensible and likely to be successful."
Albert Schweitzer --- Submitted by Rohit Wadhwaney --- Qatar
September 11, 2006
" Do not fear embarrassment or humiliation for it is usually after the worst embarrassment or humiliation, in one's endeavors, that great goals are reached."
Copyright © 2006 Alison Lubisi
September 11, 2006
" Classics are not created merely by luck. They are examples of endless effort and indomitable determination knotted together."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dip Bhattacharjee --- India
September 6, 2006
" There are two people that live in each one of us. One of their names is "Success" and the other's is "Failure". They are always talking to you but sometimes, one is yelling louder than the other. Unfortunately, it is usually Failure. No matter what you try to achieve, he yells out, "failure, failure". Most of us listen and are inclined to give up. But if you fight against that voice and never give up, you will always find that "Success" will catch his breathe right when you need it the most. He will yell out in a triumphant voice, "You're a winner, you can do it". If you always allow successful thinking to energize you, you will find that soon "Failure" will fall off your shoulder. NEVER GIVE UP!"
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
September 6, 2006
" Take the dramatic step and change the way you dance."
Copyright © 2002 Mellissa Marksberry
My father and I came up with this quote when I was in high school. It has helped me choose the right path in life. Go for the road less traveled!
September 6, 2006
" Everyday brings endless opportunities to succeed, so why should I fear?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bryan D. --- Minnesota
August 30, 2006
" You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. However, you may have to work for it. In everything you do, always give a hundred percent and you'll never have to second guess yourself. Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but by then do something."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Terrie Chua --- Philippines
As a manager, my main goal is to always enhance skills and mindset of my team. I don't tend to micro-manage, but values are things I make sure that I'm hands on with. I value the word HARDWORKING since I also started from humble beginnings in this (call center) industry. It was 99% hard work, perseverance, diligence, willingness to learn more, and 1% luck. I always teach my team that we can't get from point A to point B if we don't lift a finger. We should trust ourselves to be able to make things happen or commit mistakes along the way, but learn from it in the process. With this, we are sure of success.
August 30, 2006
" Success was not designed to be easy. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it."
Written in 2003 by Greg T. Sirpis --- Maine
August 30, 2006
" Let the fire of cowardliness light the candle of success."
Written in 2006 by Noble Jeba Kumar --- India
Its a quote that comes from my real life experience.
August 28, 2006
" Every person born into this world is a winner. When you think of the thousands of little sperm swimming upstream, and the first one to arrive at the finish line is a champion, and that is you."
Copyright © 1981 Nancy Fay Wright
I told this to each of my children when they hit a rough time in their life.
August 28, 2006
" How bad you want something is determined by how far and how hard you are willing to push yourself to reach it."
Copyright © 2005 Traci L. Connelly
August 28, 2006
" It's not to prove wrong the many that said you couldn't do it. It's to prove right the few that said you can."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Somil Parikh --- Pennsylvania
August 23, 2006
" The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
Roger Bannister
August 23, 2006
" To succeed...You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."
Tony Dorsett
August 23, 2006
" Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Samuel Johnson
August 21, 2006
" Do not trick yourself into thinking you are great; just simply know that you are already great."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by P. Fridley --- Texas
August 21, 2006
" If you try, you've tried. If you fail, you've failed. But at least you've tried and failed, rather than failed at trying."
Written in 2006 by Jeff Mulock --- California
Thanks Keith, for the early morning wake up that inspired me.
August 21, 2006
" Courage is not about the strength to go on; it's going on when you don't have the strength."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ankit M. --- India
August 16, 2006
" Your dream is a reality that is just waiting for you to materialize it."
Copyright © 2006 Steve Maraboli
August 16, 2006
" Dreaming is the first step to success. Whatever invention we see today, was nothing but the result of someone's dream. So a dream, interpreted into action, is an invention."
Written in 2006 by Dip Bhattacharjee --- India
These lines are my own creation. Dip.
August 16, 2006
" The future is the courage you take today... and the fear you leave behind is yesterday."
Alicia Lampinen --- Submitted by Jourdan W. --- Jamaica
Alicia is one of my closest friends. When she told me this, I was inspired to not let my fears keep me back from my potential.
August 14, 2006
" You see the heart is a strange part of the body. It knows no end when searching for that goal in my mind, that special person or even that dream beyond ourselves. Even if the mind gives up, the heart will continue to beat on and continue to search even long after we say to ourselves, we give up. Use the heart. For it will give you strength, when you have none, the will, to remind you why you started and love for what you are doing when passion is not enough. As long as we are breathing, the heart beats on. If it refuses to give up...then why should we?"
Copyright © 2006 Samuel K. Aidoo
August 14, 2006
" I never see failure as failure but only as the game I must play to win."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Fearless AC --- Texas
Never quit! Always follow your dreams and keep on keeping on.
August 14, 2006
" Don't worry about tomorrow; do planning & you will succeed."
Copyright © 2004 Paul Bhushan
August 9, 2006
" Leadership is creating parts for others to follow, not following the parts others created."
Written in 2006 by Balogun M. Adewale --- Nigeria
August 9, 2006
" The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aylwin Khalon --- Australia
August 9, 2006
" An idea is like an arrow. All it needs is a focused approach coupled with a clear insight to make a mark."
Written in 2006 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
August 7, 2006
" I started with nothing and still have a little left over."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carina C. --- Washington
August 7, 2006
" I am better today than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow."
Written in 2006 by David M. Anderson --- Wyoming
August 7, 2006
" In the fullness of time, the egg of perseverance and persistence shall bear forth its golden chicks."
Written in 2006 by Safianu Ado Ibrahim --- Nigeria
August 2, 2006
" Why fit in, when you were born to stand out?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.J. --- England
August 2, 2006
" Always remember that you are your best advocate and you and you alone will take you on the most powerful ride of your life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Christine Corlett --- Michigan
August 2, 2006
" People says you can't but you know you can; let the fear inside you turn into great motivation."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lokesh Rao --- India
July 31, 2006
" Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement. Put them to work today."
Wilfred A. Peterson
July 31, 2006
" The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become."
James Lane Allen
July 31, 2006
" Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill."
Charles Swindoll
July 26, 2006
" There can be Challenges or Opportunities! Each of life's challenges provides another opportunity for us to add fuel to that inner fire called motivation. Without life's challenges we can't experience the joy of personal growth and we are denied the chance to live up to our full potential."
Copyright © 2006 Roy L. Brown
July 26, 2006
" Let there be light and power to move when the answer seem to be worlds away!"
Written in 2006 by Shahnawaz Khan --- India
I always look at this quote to get my work done i.e., aims, achievements, goals, targets, inspiration, motivation etc.
July 26, 2006
" Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders."
Bob Moawad
July 24, 2006
" You are a lot better than you think you are."
David J. Schwartz --- Submitted by Naveen Kumar Darsi --- India
So think as if you are the best and you will be best of the best.
July 24, 2006
" To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials."
Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin --- Submitted by Don Nguyen --- Texas
July 24, 2006
" Sometimes you win the game, sometimes you lose the game but it's just an implication of the equality of the human existence. You just have to play the game and enjoy the game!"
Written in 2006 by Mariefranz E. --- Philippines
July 19, 2006
" Greatness comes not when things always go good for you, but the greatness comes when you are really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you have been in the deepest valleys can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bret Wackerly --- Ohio
July 19, 2006
" Awaken your dreams... now."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachel Wong --- Singapore
July 19, 2006
" Life is a myriad of closed doors to which only you hold the key."
Darling Jimenez
July 17, 2006
" Developing eternal optimism is one of the greatest joys to experience for yourself and all those around you. Discover this - it is within you!"
Copyright © 2006 Karen Ramsey
July 17, 2006
I believe in myself
I believe I can do
I believe I can win the world
And I know I shall always get through
Written in 2006 by Jasleen Johar --- India
July 17, 2006
" All success comes with some fear. Let the fear motivate you in the direction of your goal."
Copyright © 2005 Rachelle Disbennett-Lee (Coach Lee)
July 12, 2006
" Winners choose the highest summits and see the sun prior to cresting them. There are no limits for those with expectant attitudes."
Copyright © 2006 Brian G. Jett
July 12, 2006
" It's not about how many No's you get, it's the Yes's that will get you there."
Copyright © 2006 Joshua Clack
July 12, 2006
" Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly."
Stephen R. Covey
July 10, 2006
" Legends are not born legends; rather they have a moment in history where they indulge in a legendary activity that defines them as a legend. Potentially there's a legend in all of us."
Copyright © 2006 Adnan Kauser
July 10, 2006
" The past cannot be erased and regrets may surface but the pen of the future is yours to be held; to draw a beautiful life ahead."
Copyright © 2006 Katie Schmidt
July 10, 2006
" When you feel that there's no one who understands you, no one really cares for you or wants to be with you, empower yourself with HIGH determination, dedication and devotion! You will see that at the end of the day it's you who can MAKE or BREAK things!"
Prav --- Submitted by Sleeve Trick --- United Kingdom
June 28, 2006
" Never give up, no matter what the circumstance is. Throughout life, you will always hit high and low points, harder and easier experiences, but you have to stay strong; it's the key to everything. Stay strong and NEVER give up, there's always something out there worth fighting for and its always better and ALWAYS worth it. No matter how much you think there isn't, there always is and you will find it, no matter what."
Copyright © 2006 Caroline Lynch
June 28, 2006
" We are swarmed with many passions in our hearts, but only one can rise and fuel us to give up everything to achieve. Only one can make us stand out and become who we are. It is only after you have mastered your own art that you can tap in to the many that once swarmed in your heart, so you can master another, and another and another..."
Copyright © 2006 Samuel K. Aidoo
June 28, 2006
" Dreams know no boundaries; they just need belief."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gillian Duncan --- Scotland, U.K.
June 26, 2006
" The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."
Eddie Robinson --- Submitted by Jason Santucci --- Washington
June 26, 2006
" Use every obstacle you face as stepping-stones to move closer to the life you desire. The more stones you have, the closer you are to your goal."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adeline Koh --- Singapore
June 26, 2006
" To be what you want to be, be like a bee. If the bee wasted its time comparing it's big body with it's small light wings, it would not be flying today."
S. Zondo --- Submitted by Nhlakanipho C. --- South Africa
We should pursue our dreams, no matter what the circumstances.
June 21, 2006
" If you are 'falling', be strong. When you hit rock bottom, your strength will help you 'bounce' to greater heights than where you were and the weak will just burst. Remember- the harder the surface, the higher you'll bounce!"
Written in 2006 by Shreyas Oza --- India
Something I learnt from playing a lot of soccer that helps me overcome any setbacks!
June 21, 2006
" Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tyson P. --- Utah
Once you know what you can do and you've accepted that, you can work on becoming better, stronger, faster, and smarter.
June 21, 2006
" No matter what happens, still try to do your best. You won't enjoy your life if you don't enjoy your challenges."
Written in 2006 by Mariefranz W. --- Philippines
June 19, 2006
" Focus your mind like a magnifying glass in front of the sun."
Copyright © 1996 Nathaniel Peat
June 19, 2006
" Don't be jealous of anyone; work harder."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by N. Brady --- Australia
June 19, 2006
" Your aspirations should be such that they keep you motivated till you achieve them."
Copyright © 2006 Mohita Chauhan
Because it's motivation that keeps you moving ahead towards your goals.
June 14, 2006
" The strongest oak in the forest is not the one protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
Napoleon Hill
June 14, 2006
" Do not fear mistakes - there are none."
Miles Davis
June 14, 2006
" Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way."
Eileen Caddy
June 12, 2006
" I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights."
Muhammad Ali --- Submitted by Ashley H. --- Canada
June 12, 2006
Thought leads to Action.
Repeated Action leads to Habit.
Habit forms our Character.
Character defines our Personality.
Sai Baba --- Submitted by Partho Rakshit --- India
Know my friend, the ONE that CONTROLS the THOUGHT and hence the Action, Habit is YOU. Be aware you are neither the Mind nor the Body. You are either the slave or master of your mind, where the genesis of thoughts are created which determine your Life. Be the master of your mind and body my friend, to rule your mind and thus shape your life. Also remember, old habits die hard. To kill old habits, you need new habits. Demand your mind to set a chosen thought. Lead the thought to action. Repeat the action till the time it changes into a new habit. You DESERVE a Better Life. Enjoy the Journey to a Better Personality.
June 12, 2006
" Through the road of life, there are obstacles. Many people will simply go around them, but the great will overcome them."
Written in 2006 by William P. --- California
June 7, 2006
" When you are confused about your goal in life, let go of everything. Go deep within yourself and the answer will appear to you."
Written in 2006 by Prem P.Guragain
June 7, 2006
" In life, as well as in dance, grace glides on blistered feet."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jessica D. --- Canada
Dance is like life: it's beautiful, graceful and artistic, but you have to go through the pain and hard work to achieve your ultimate goal.
June 7, 2006
" If you look on the bright side of life, you will find enough to be cheerful and happy."
Ellen G. White --- Submitted by M. Riley --- Jamaica
This has helped me to be cheerful and happy, even in a bad situation.
June 5, 2006
" Believe BIG! The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals; expect little achievement. Think BIG goals and win BIG success. Whatever you focus on grows."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Fearless A.C. --- Texas
June 5, 2006
" Really life is like riding a wave. If you a negative thinker, you will only stay at the bottom of that wave. If you think in terms of success, you will ride that wave all the way to the shore and enjoy the marvelous experience. Really, we all have the same difficulties. It is just the way one chooses to handle them that determines how high you are on that wave."
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
June 5, 2006
" When thoughts become action, success is attainable."
Written in 2006 by Pastor Rick Lancifort --- Florida
May 24, 2006
" It is not how someone else does something, it is how I do it and make it happen!"
Copyright © 2006 Carrie T. Weber
May 24, 2006
" The whole world steps aside for the person who knows where he is going."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.M. --- United Kingdom
May 24, 2006
" Persistence is the key to success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jean L. --- California
May 22, 2006
" Push me! I don't fall; I fly."
SCHIRAZ "The Profit Prophet" --- Submitted by Kerissa Kuis --- Pennsylvania
May 22, 2006
" I am not rich, but I have what can make me rich: brains, education, and passion."
Written in 2006 by R.F. --- Texas
May 22, 2006
" Think positive, be confident and do smart work. Surely success will know your doors."
Written in 2006 by Arun Gopal --- India
I never saw a negative thing in life... for positive things energize you and negative things give experience to you... be optimistic.
May 17, 2006
" We should not base our lives upon our failures."
Copyright © 2006 Tyler Newbold
May 17, 2006
" Failure is only a fact when you give up. Everyone gets knocked down, the question is: Will you get back up?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tanja Rootman --- South Africa
May 17, 2006
" When you fail at something, never think that you cannot get up and move forward. It just means that you have not learned what you are supposed to learn. Always remember, Life is a Journey… there is so much to learn and so much to explore."
Copyright © 2006 Susan Pascual
This quote has helped me move on with my life especially when my relationship fails.
May 15, 2006
" Some goals are so worthy it's glorious even to fail."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mohita Chauhan --- India
At least one should try his/her best to achieve their goals. Remove the word IMPOSSIBLE from your dictionary.
May 15, 2006
" In life only two things are guaranteed, a beginning and an end. In between, lies all possibilities for man."
Copyright © 2006 Evelyn Bamfo
May 15, 2006
" Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lakshmi Y. --- India
May 10, 2006
" Fill your world with excellence in each thought and in each endeavor for universal benefit."
Copyright © 2006 Vashi Chandiramani
May 10, 2006
" The road less traveled is the one most feared, but is the one the successful choose to take."
Written in 2006 by Latossha Joseph
May 10, 2006
" If you feel bad, if you can do nothing, think of a rock in your shoe. It is very small, but it makes a huge difference!"
Written in 2006 by C.K. --- Tennessee
May 8, 2006
" When you shoot an arrow, you aim a little above your target for force of gravity. In life, you should always dream more than you can do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Daniel Opoku-Amo --- Netherlands
Always think big because there are too many gravities in life, and please never underestimate a man who overestimates himself!
May 8, 2006
" Opportunities present themselves to those that are willing to introduce themselves to opportunities."
Copyright © 2006 Adelyn Ortlieb
May 8, 2006
" Courage is always willing to take the game-winning shot when other players would be hesitant."
Scott McBride --- Submitted by Keith Wiggins --- North Carolina
May 3, 2006
Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see,
Only as much as I dream can I be.
Karen Raven --- Submitted by Celeritas Speed --- China
Sublime.......I have it on my wall - I challenge you - to understand , and then to live it.
May 3, 2006
" Determination is the strength you achieve after failure."
Copyright © 2006 Scott T. Powell
May 3, 2006
" Without the stones of life being thrown at you, you would have nothing to step on to get to the next level."
Copyright © 2006 Rondra Bolden
May 1, 2006
" No one was born intellectual, smart or successful... we make ourselves that way. You can do anything you put your mind to... through hard work and dedication anything's possible. Out of hard work comes success. Never belittle your standards to achieve your goal...always fight your way through; the harder the battle the sweeter the victory."
Copyright © 2006 Ricardo Bailey
May 1, 2006
" What you think you create, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you become."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ange E. --- NSW, Australia
A special friend told me the first part of this quote, 'what I think I create'. When I started to learn to love and accept myself for who I am, this quote and her support has helped me get through a great deal.
May 1, 2006
" Determination is a counterstrike to overcome any adversity when the only hope of survival is defeat."
Copyright © 2006 Pritesh Jethwani
April 26, 2006
" Let your light shine where others may see the beauty, glory and talent of your true self."
Copyright © 2006 Dellesa Kirk-Johnson
April 26, 2006
" In every life there is a challenge. For every challenge that I take on, if I follow through, I accomplish. When I have accomplished, then I have achieved. If I achieve, than I can proudly say I did my job well."
Copyright © 2006 Erica Brown
April 26, 2006
" A true leader is a person who sees light when there is only darkness."
Written in 2006 by Jordan Van Flute
April 24, 2006
" Achievement starts from within...if you don't believe in your own abilities how can you expect others to?"
Written in 2006 by Greg Lester --- Oregon
I manage a team of very talented and goal oriented sales people. The above quote I've used on many occasions and it rings true and is our team motto. We've yet to miss a sales goal we have set.
April 24, 2006
" Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders...Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest."
Dale Carnegie
April 24, 2006
" Sometimes the beginning of a great thing does not have a great beginning."
Copyright © 2003 Mike Boggus
I have collected a list of my personal favorite quotes for many years and compose them myself from time to time. I was involved in a project that started off as a disaster in 2003 but ultimately ended as a huge success later in the year and it motivated this quote that I added to my list of favorites.
April 19, 2006
" Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. The difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, and learn from them. That is what makes them strong."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robbie Jackson --- Maryland
April 19, 2006
" A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her."
David Brinkley --- Submitted by I.K K --- United Kingdom
April 19, 2006
" Dream the impossible then make it happen!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kim Wilder --- Kentucky
April 17, 2006
" When was the last time you have done something for the first time? Keep discovering."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Asesh Datta --- West Bengal, India
April 17, 2006
" With every passing day, try to learn something new. No matter how grand or minute the information; pass it on to another. You will be doing something to better yourself; and who knows, the information that you pass on may change lives."
Copyright © 2006 Tiana Lovelace
April 17, 2006
" When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence."
Brian Tracy
April 12, 2006
" If I constantly and continuously look for positive, it will soon capture me and overwhelm me with its presence."
Copyright © 2006 Joseph Araza
April 12, 2006
" Visualize ahead creatively; it's an advantage."
Copyright © 2006 Vashi Chandiramani
April 12, 2006
" Do not think the world will become better in terms of our own inner change. We should rather think we'll achieve this goal only, and only if, we rescue the fact that the ultimate treasure lies at the end of our most positive creative deeds."
Copyright © 2006 Francisco Leon
Creativity rules everything. From a fly that never repeats the same flying pattern to a human brain that never stops "searching" for new chemical combinations to be motivated by, day after day.
April 10, 2006
" Roads are filled with gravel, little stones that may trip or bruise you, just like in life. There are setbacks that will trip you, fall but stand up, for abrasions will heal. Setbacks are part of life; it comes as a package. Grit your teeth and continue walking."
Copyright © 2006 Chua Hui Min
April 10, 2006
" If you say you will do something, ignore others trying to hold you back saying that it can't be done. And when you are doing the impossible don't stop trying, don't stop."
Written in 2006 by Gage W. --- Ohio
April 10, 2006
" Ideas are like seeds; you feed them until they become big and noticed."
Written in 2005 by Zack H. --- Ontario, Canada
Believe me, life is better when you're a leader and not a follower...sometimes you're born with the quality, sometimes you have to strive and fight to get it.
April 5, 2006
" Some of our biggest mistakes are responsible for some of our greatest accomplishments."
Written by James H. North Carolina
I have used this quote for years. It has helped me get through some of my biggest mistakes.
April 5, 2006
" A great leader always say to his soldiers, 'The cruelest enemy is not the one hiding behind the bushes, underneath the sand, deep in the sea or high in the air but the one that you always carry inside; and that is your fear'."
Written in 2006 by Mohammad Azmy Hamron
April 5, 2006
" Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Robert H. Schuller
April 3, 2006
" The singer is nothing without the song... don't hesitate to be the composer."
Copyright © 2004 Laura Mazurkiewicz
My senior year quote; reminds me that I can create whatever I want to lie in my future.
April 3, 2006
" Life is full of competition and to go forward you have to beat the tough challenges that are in your way."
Written in 2006 by Mohammad Ahmed Yasin
April 3, 2006
" Life is like the ocean. In order to survive, you must learn to ride the waves."
Written in 2006 by Tonia Knouse
March 29, 2006
" With a positive attitude, thoughts are toward trying again. Therefore, failure does not exist."
Copyright © 1975 John Eaglespirit Campbell
I wrote this while working as a supervisor to encourage my employees. At this time, I serve on the Supreme Court of the Confederated Tribes of Original People as Chief Justice.
March 29, 2006
" If a mirror was able to talk, what would it say? You are a wonderful person who sees opportunity in every situation. You are a remarkable person who gives to others without regret. You are dedicated person who supports those around you. You are a person who gives love and deserves it right back. Now, look in the mirror...and listen."
Copyright © 2005 Cindy Ferraino
March 29, 2006
" Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yaser Khan --- Pakistan
March 27, 2006
" We did not come all this way, on this long journey, to fail. We rose to stand, not to fall. And now we will fight to the end and no more because what you do out there will determine where you stand tomorrow. You cannot change the past, nor predict the future, so live now, today, this very moment...Let's bring them to their feet!"
RHS Drumline
A contest for drumline... Pregame speech.
March 27, 2006
" Dream big! You will never know whose life you might change. Go for the stars if you have to!"
Copyright © 2006 Prudence Mookesti
March 27, 2006
" It's persistence, patience and perfection. This is what must happen in the stages towards being the absolute champion. This is what defines me. Just Be."
Copyright © 2006 Suat Sevilgen
This is something I created without any resources, only from what my heart was feeling.
March 22, 2006
" You know when we dream, it shows a lot about us; we, as in dreamers, true dreamers. True dreamers are those who dare to reach to the heavens. True dreamers are those who seek that glorified road. True dreamers are those who pursue their dream, longing to have the feeling of walking upon the Gods. True dreamers are those who act with their heart everyday, to reach that heavenly glory of achieving their dream. When that day comes, we, as true dreamers, will realize the true beauty of our wonderful journey. Not just by working hard with all your heart, yet also, just by having the dream."
Written in 2006 by Andre S. --- California
FOREVER DREAM
March 22, 2006
" Follow your dreams and all that you ever thought of, shall follow you."
Written in 2006 by Siddharth Shah --- India
March 22, 2006
" Keep in mind; remember. Remember; believe in yourself or no one will, remember. Remember; think positive in all you do, remember. Remember; if you see, hear, feel your vision then that only means your dream is waiting for you to make it real. Take the first step. Keep in sight what you want to achieve and never ever give up. Remember; remember you are the only one who can make it happen. Never think you could of, would of or should of, but you can!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jemma A. --- England
I once never believed in myself and had no self-confidence, always thinking what others think. But then one day I thought of myself and believed I can do anything I want if I put my mind to it. I picked myself up and step by step achieving goals I thought could never happen. I'm growing everyday by believing in myself. When I have reached my final goal, one day, I will look back and say, "I can do it and so can you!"
March 20, 2006
" You can be anything you want to be. You just can't be everything you want to be all at once. That is what a lifetime is for."
Copyright © 2006 Randy Dean
(From his new Book - "Major Satisfactors = Major Success: A Unique New Way to Look at How We All Spend, Use, and Waste Time.")
March 20, 2006
" If you believe, so will they."
Written in 2006 by Michael Regan --- Florida
March 20, 2006
" Excellence Inspires; Excel Ahead!"
Written in 2006 by Vashi Chandiramani --- Hong Kong
March 15, 2006
" All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."
Brian Tracy
March 15, 2006
" Make it a rule…never to lie down at night without being able to say,
'I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier or a little better this day.'"
Charles Kingsley
March 15, 2006
" Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take OFF! But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you."
Amelia Earhart
March 13, 2006
" Success will not be yours unless you measure your dream. And guess what? Once you have measured it, people will say it's too big for you. That's when you can say, 'That's not true, it's so small it even fits in my head'."
Copyright © 2006 Francisco Leon
March 13, 2006
" Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Maria Rita Domingo O'Keeffe --- Illinois
This is a compilation.
March 13, 2006
" Whenever I play basketball, I think about how much you have to play the game with all of your heart, never give up and give it all you got. I think that is the way that you should play life, just like basketball."
Written in 2006 by Alyssa D., Age 13 --- North Dakota
Just remember to do everything with your whole heart.
March 8, 2006
" I had never played a piano before, but in 2 weeks,
I could play Fur Elise
I had never painted a picture before, but in 2 weeks,
I had painted a masterpiece
I had never danced before, but in 2 weeks,
I was a professional
People say I'm optimistic
No, just totally and utterly determined
Written in 2006 by Ruthie W.
The only person who can make anything happen is you. If you never give up, you will never fail!
March 8, 2006
" Think what's not possible and do it!"
Copyright © 2005 Tony Williams (Germany)
March 8, 2006
" There are times when you ask yourself, is it worth it? I ask you...what have you done to make a worth out of it?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Winston Koola --- India
March 6, 2006
" I will not stop. I will not slow down. I will not surrender. I will win. I will triumph. I will never, ever quit. Remember winners are just losers who got MAD! Keep on keeping on."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by FEARLESS A.C. --- Texas
March 6, 2006
" Create your life from the inside out; do not allow the outside (Environmental Factors) to create you. Take control and live "YOUR" life. It is the most precious thing you will ever have."
Written in 2006 by Eben Van der Nest --- South Africa
March 6, 2006
" Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up again."
Batman Begins --- Submitted by M.A. --- United Kingdom
I would like to say that this quote has helped me through a lot of life's hardships. I have learned to pick myself up and carry on, no matter the price I may pay.
February 27, 2006
" I refuse to fall. I will continue, in order to reach my destination, where I know glory is waiting for me."
Copyright © 2006 Chief Archie Wabasse
February 27, 2006
" Keep moving. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Inch by inch, you will get closer to success."
Copyright © 2006 Ronnie Nijmeh
February 27, 2006
" Every second gives you an opportunity to create a new beginning for yourself."
Copyright © 2006 Beverly Keaton Smith
February 22, 2006
" Every time you fall, with failure, or drop with disappointment, get up stronger, so when the next obstacle comes, you'll fight harder."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dipna J.T --- United Kingdom
I always say this to myself, and it works. I don't let little things get to me and I'm more confident and stronger within myself.
February 22, 2006
" It is a new day with new challenges, but...it is also a new ME!"
Written in 2006 by Leussa Adrienne --- Cameroon
February 22, 2006
" Anything worthwhile is always worth waiting for."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Georgio Dano --- New York
February 15, 2006
" Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual heights without it. No one ever lived without it."
George Matthew Adams
February 15, 2006
" The dreamers are the saviors of the world."
James Allen
February 15, 2006
" What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do."
Joe Namath
February 13, 2006
" If you're trying to get something right, but you are not motivated to keep on trying, remember: The person who finally got it right, couldn't do it until the time that he finally did it. So keep on trying, who knows if the next time you try will be the one that you get it right?"
Written in 2006 by Viviane Cornachini --- Santos, Brazil
It always is! Isn't it? All the other times you tried something and didn't get it, were the ones before the one got it. Viviane is a Ballet teacher and always says that to her students when they keep on saying they can't do it. When she says that phrase, it always makes her students motivated with the hope that the next time could be the one when they will be able to make it.
February 13, 2006
" What you desire is somewhere desiring you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Isaiah Baiyekusi --- Kaduna, Nigeria
February 13, 2006
" Your greatest challenge isn't someone else. It's the aching in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside you that yells "Can't!". But you don't listen. You push harder and hear the voice that whispers "Can". And you realize that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Graham Hood --- South Africa
February 8, 2006
" Superman's not brave. You can't be brave if you're indestructible. It's every day people, like you and me, that are brave knowing we could easily be defeated but still continue forward."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.E. --- Utah
February 8, 2006
" Success is not like a magical wand. It doesn't come to those with a silver spoon but is achieved by ones with a vision."
Written in 2006 by Suman Agarwal --- Madhya Pradesh, India
February 8, 2006
" When you fail, rejoice, for you are that much closer to success."
Copyright © 2005 Charles Arriaga
February 6, 2006
" To the unmotivated, an obstacle serves as an excuse. To the motivated, an obstacle serves as an opportunity to build character."
Copyright © 2006 Captain Steven Tugman, USAF
February 6, 2006
" Commitment, hard work, sincerity and planned efforts are the main keys to success in every profession."
Written in 2006 by Harish Gaur --- India
February 6, 2006
" The past is an experience! The present is an experiment! The future is expectations! Use your experience in your experiment to achieve your expectations!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Naren Dharmaraj --- Tamilnadu, India
February 1, 2006
" The bitterness of sacrifice is worth the sweetness of success."
Anonymous --- Submitted by P. Dobbins --- Louisiana
February 1, 2006
" As a guidance counselor, I received a call from a former student telling me that she was working and what she was doing. She was very disappointed in herself for falling short of her goal and to encourage her I said, "This does not reflect who you are, it is only what you do (for now, and not necessarily forever)."
Sheila Tarlin --- Massachusetts
February 1, 2006
" Motivation together with inspiration is fuel for the mind of every human being."
Written in 2006 by Ebenezer Lamptey --- Accra, Ghana
January 30, 2006
" No matter what you've done or haven't done, the opportunity to do more, to be more will always be there… never be satisfied!"
Written in 2006 by EBR --- Georgia
January 30, 2006
" Look up and not down. Look forward and not back. Look out and not in. Lend a Hand."
Edward Everett Hale --- Submitted by Cheryl Hess --- Washington
January 30, 2006
" If you want to get something done.........Start."
Victor Scrivani --- Submitted by C. Eutsler --- Indiana
This was my Uncle Vic. It applies to everything.
January 25, 2006
" Refuse the path of least resistance. Go where there is no path and blaze a trail."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Sagraves --- Ohio
January 25, 2006
" You will be successful at any work you do if you have strong determination and an iron will."
Author Unknown
--- Submitted by Mohammad Abdullah-Al somoy --- Bangladesh
January 25, 2006
" Life is too short not to enjoy it and too damn long to live miserable. Choose to be happy!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.C. --- Texas
January 23, 2006
" Let go of the things that are hindering you and grab a hold onto the things that are meaningful."
Written in 2006 by B. Martin --- Alabama
January 23, 2006
" When you are close to giving up, know that you are close to rising up."
Written in 2006 by Ogunyemi Sola --- Ekiti State, Nigeria
There is hope for you.
January 23, 2006
" Even in defeat, I see victory as I am made wiser and will be victorious in my next battle."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Darren Suresh --- Malaysia
January 18, 2006
" While standing at the plate, I came to find that life's greatest accomplishment is being me. I didn't want to be remembered as the girl who hit the winning run; I wanted to be remembered as the leader of my team. That indeed was one accomplishment that I was glad to achieve."
Copyright © 2005 Erika Friesen
January 18, 2006
" Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Collet Makgojane --- South Africa
January 18, 2006
" It's easy. Make the most logical choice and then move on with your life!"
Copyright © 2005 Tom Kotowski
January 16, 2006
" Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten but they may start a winning game."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
January 16, 2006
" Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect."
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
January 16, 2006
" When you follow your bliss, doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else."
Joseph Campbell
January 11, 2006
" The pursuit of dreams is the wake up call of champions."
Copyright © 1996 Bill Pratt
January 11, 2006
" Things can only be so good, and so bad, for so long."
Copyright © 1994 John W. Foust
This is a personal quote aimed more towards athletics but can apply to numerous situations. I've used this to explain how teams or individuals, who aren't playing well, may be on the verge of turning things around.
January 11, 2006
" It's ok to fail. Failing does not shape your personality; it's how you react upon your failure. Do you dust yourself off and mope or do you dust yourself off and come back stronger the next time? Eventually you will win. It may not happen the next time, it may take a little time but you will win in the end."
Tiger Woods --- Submitted by W.C. --- Kentucky
January 9, 2006
" Do what's best for people, and in return, people will give you their best."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brendan Akashian - Massachusetts
January 9, 2006
" You don't have to be smart to accomplish a goal; you just have to be interested."
Copyright © 2005 John Valdez
January 9, 2006
" The secret of SUCCESS: Right Attitude, Positive Thinking and Belief in oneself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vasu P. --- Andhra Pradesh, India
December 21, 2005
" When you feel you've pushed your life to the limit, and you can't go any further, give that obstacle one last push because that might be the one that gets you through that heavy door to success. If you don't try that one last time, you may never know. Go for it."
Copyright © 2005 Sarah Margaret Bradbury
December 21, 2005
" Challenges are supposed to be speed-boosters, not speed-breakers."
Written in 2005 by Ibrahim Hena --- Nigeria
December 21, 2005
" Never give up. No matter how many times you tried, or how many times you failed, always keep trying and always believe."
Copyright © 2005 Jacqui Reinhart
December 21, 2005
" Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude."
Ralph Marston
December 19, 2005
" You never soar too high when you fly with your own wings."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mel W. --- Ohio
This was just something thought of one day when I was sitting on my front porch (near the airport) and I was watching all the planes take off. I don't think it is a quote from anything but I could be wrong.
December 19, 2005
" To do the Impossible, You have to see the Invisible."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jonathan Maes --- California
December 19, 2005
" I was once told, "What your mind perceives to believe it achieves." This keeps me going throughout the day, because whatever you want in your life think it, believe it and it will happen!!"
Written in 2005 by Christina Carr --- Michigan
December 14, 2005
" I have learned that success lies not in the destination, but in how you choose to take your journey. Success is living with integrity - in relentless pursuit of whatever it is that you are truly passionate about. What does this mean? It means that if you have spent every moment of your life striving to realize your absolute full potential in every way possible, then, and only then, can you consider yourself a success. Don't ever shy away from this success for fear of stepping outside your comfort zone or challenging the norm."
Written in 2005 by Shaanah Valdez --- New Zealand
December 14, 2005
" Start with your head; finish with your heart."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian B. --- Illinois
One of our slogans for our cross-country team this year was to "run with your heart". About the third mile of every race, I would be repeating this quote in my head, and it always seemed to help me push through the pain and allowed me to give it my all --- right through the finish line.
December 14, 2005
" Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be silent, if no birds sang except the best."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura Vernallis --- Iowa
December 12, 2005
" I look at myself as an athlete and tell myself I don't want to be remembered as a great player but as a great leader. If I can accomplish that then I truly am great, not just as an athlete but as a person."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adam K. --- Missouri
December 12, 2005
" People who dream the most do the most."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rohit Gupta --- Illinois
Just had a hang over for this quote since I took to schooling.
December 12, 2005
" Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ishita Kataria --- India
December 7, 2005
" WHO IS YOUR OPPONENT? Your opponent is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high jump. Your opponent is YOURSELF, that negative internal voice, that deludes you! Your level of determination... Your continuing commitment to strategize and perfect your situation and most importantly the willingness to allow yourself the power to be in control of that voice."
Written in 2005 by Carmel Dagiandis --- Australia
December 7, 2005
" I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up."
Beverly Sills ---Submitted by Didi C. --- California
December 7, 2005
" When a resource is scarce, you increase its yield."
Peter Drucker --- Submitted by Lewis Ohemeng --- Iowa
Use what you have and be Great.
November 30, 2005
" Just say you can win and never look back."
Written in 2005 by Manoj Lalavat --- India
November 30, 2005
" Very often, when you fall over, you learn to walk more successfully."
Douglas Tribe --- Submitted by Phil Thomas --- United Kingdom
I heard Douglas Tribe say this during a leadership seminar and I immediately latched onto it's simple message - we learn much through our mistakes. But too many of us are too frightened to make mistakes.
November 30, 2005
" Stellar teams are invariably made up of quirky individuals who typically rub each other raw, but they figure out - with the spiritual help of a gifted leader - how to be their peculiar selves and how to win championships as a team...at the same time."
Tom Peters
November 28, 2005
" Success is only a word, but achieving it is a lifestyle."
Written in 2005 by Rudy Byleveld --- Saudi Arabia
November 28, 2005
" If you believe in something, then go for it. If anyone can, so can you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chigz Gohel --- United Kingdom
November 28, 2005
" Don't measure success or failure by material wealth but by how you feel, as it is our feelings that determine the richness of our lives. Don't let bad moments overcome you, be patient and they will pass!!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.G. --- South Africa
Live life to the fullest and use your abilities and success to help others.
November 21, 2005
" Your stumbling block will never become your stepping stone until you step on it."
Written in 1996 by Silton Townsend --- Jamaica
November 21, 2005
" Action ...action, action, action. That is the only secret of success. Even though you have skills, techniques, and talent your dreams will come true only when you take some actions to achieve your goals. Start from where you are, with what you have and never be satisfied by your progress."
Written in 2005 by Shivraj Yadav --- India
I learned this lesson from failures in life. These failures gave me great understandings; without action nothing is possible. Stop wondering in fool's daydreams and start your life in the real world...there are no limits to your powers.
November 21, 2005
" When you inspire to acquire what you desire, you shouldn't retire, but refire!"
The late Chief Bola Ige
--- Submitted by Olaposi Olatubosun --- United Kingdom
November 16, 2005
" Humiliating failures are potential steps to success."
Written in 2005 by Jose B. Cabajar --- Philippines
Well-analyzed failures surely give us the needed knowledge, understanding and wisdom so we can pursue our goals with confidence.
November 16, 2005
" No matter what happens to you through your life, just remember...it's just water."
Copyright © 2005 Matthew Richardson
EXPLANATION: Water is the most innocent of all things. When you spill a glass of water on the floor and get upset, the one thing your mother says is, 'Relax, it's just water'. So in dramatic times, it's just water. I said this once to someone and they said, 'Yeah, well I'm too fragile. Even water would hurt me.' And my response was, that water can't even hurt the most delicate paintings...sit back, relax, and realize...it's just water.
November 16, 2005
" Never let your opponent play you, you play them...Look them right in the eye and let them know that they're defeated."
My coach --- Submitted by Steven C. --- Kentucky
I play high school basketball and this is what my coach always tells me, just never give up and you will succeed guys.
November 14, 2005
" Obstacles are mere challenges and challenges are stepping-stones to success."
Written in 2005 by Donina Va'a Renata --- NSW, Australia
November 14, 2005
" When there is a hill to climb, don't think that waiting will make it smaller. Motivation is what gets you started, Dedication is what makes you decide, Determination is what gets you going."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shilpika Ponnappa --- India
When I find myself lost, I just read these words again and get back in spirit.
November 14, 2005
" I never think about what I had, but ALWAYS about what I want!"
Written in 2005 by Glen Maree --- South Africa
Self-composed motivational quote for my staff.
November 9, 2005
" If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you."
Paul William "Bear" Bryant
November 9, 2005
" Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative person is one who can think crazy; such a person knows full well that many of his great ideas will prove to be worthless. The creative person is flexible - he is able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress. He is not threatened by the unexpected as rigid, inflexible people are."
Frank Goble
November 9, 2005
" Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you."
Cotton Fitzsimmons
November 7, 2005
" The difference between a Manager and a Leader: Managers lead by sight, leaders lead by faith."
Copyright © 2005 Andy Binford
November 7, 2005
" If you aim to fly, then don't hang around with chickens. Why? Because chickens can't fly."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Solly Phala --- Limpopo, South Africa
November 7, 2005
" Don't wait for flowers to be brought to you, plant your own garden."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.I. --- California
November 2, 2005
" Exceptional people make exceptional sacrifices while demanding exceptional outcomes."
Copyright © 2005 Paul Fikes
November 2, 2005
" The only difference between a successful person and an unsuccessful person is that a successful person is WILLING to do the uncomfortable."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Iskandar --- Singapore
November 2, 2005
" Dedication, determination and devotion are three keys of success."
Written in 2005 by Neha Verma --- India
October 31, 2005
" Effective leadership equates to equal opportunity."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.T. --- California
I was taught this by an Army Equal Opportunity Advisor during my tenure in the Army.
October 31, 2005
" Champions have the courage to face fear in the eye, stand up for what they believe in, and still go on. Setbacks and humiliation mean nothing to them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bird G. --- Ohio
October 31, 2005
" If you can touch the ball, you can catch it."
Richard Casazza --- Submitted by Mark Jacopec --- New Jersey
I love this quote. It's a great metaphor.
October 26, 2005
" Work on being and not on having; for with what you are, you will have."
Daisy Osborne --- Submitted by K.C. Nnabo --- Rivers State, Nigeria
If you want to have, you must first become...because anything one has is as a result of who he is.
October 26, 2005
" Just because I am a girl, don't mean that I can't play just as hard and just as fast as you boys."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Courtney B. --- Ontario, Canada
I like this quote because I live in a small village and always had to play on a boys team.
October 26, 2005
" Excellence is only attained when we push ourselves to our maximum potential. To do less allows mediocrity to take its place."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amber C. --- Mississippi
Never be mediocre, always strive to be YOUR best. This really helps me during school. It gives me motivation to try harder in everything I do. I never want to be mediocre and neither should you. Love, peace and happiness.
October 24, 2005
" Strive for excellence and when those you serve acknowledge your accomplishments, RAISE THE BAR!"
Copyright © 2005 Rick Weaver
October 24, 2005
" Just because you want me to give up, doesn't mean I will."
Written in 2004 by Traci Connelly --- Pennsylvania
October 24, 2005
" Grandchildren are the sunlight in the twilight hours."
Written in 2005 by Mel Megna --- NSW, Australia
Having my first grandchild has given me a new lease on life. It truly makes you proud of the daughter/son you gave life to.
October 19, 2005
" The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones ... is how you use them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.B. --- Canada
October 19, 2005
" You'll never know how high you can go, until you've been called to rise."
Copyright © 1989 Samuel Post
October 19, 2005
" Don't let the fear stop you. Go face the challenge then let the fear decide for you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Besart N. --- Albania
October 17, 2005
" Seek the invincible and do the impossible."
Fearon Wright --- Submitted by Sarah Ramirez --- Maryland
October 17, 2005
" Success is doing more today than what you have done any day before."
Written in 2005 by Anil Popli --- Gujarat, India
October 17, 2005
" YES! A slight shift in perspective can, and has made ALL the difference."
Written in 2005 by B.K. --- Manitoba, Canada
October 12, 2005
" Be an all-out, not a hold-out."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alicia G. --- Florida
I came across this quote while searching for inspiration and motivation and it just said it all for me. It told me to stop holding out on myself, neglecting myself and to stand up for myself and be somebody bigger better and stronger than I currently was. Don't ever let anybody ever take away what's important to you like your confidence, your sense of humor and joy of life. I did once and now I'm regaining it back full speed ahead.
October 12, 2005
" If you set about doing something, put your heart into it and enjoy it. That way, regardless of the outcome, it will be a positive experience."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marcus Anderson --- California
October 12, 2005
" What a game life is! You win, you lose, you smile, and you gain."
Written in 2005 by Michael L. --- Hunan, China
Success and adversity are always along your way. Keep this in mind.
October 10, 2005
" My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me, or I can be lost in a maze. My choice, my responsibility, win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny."
Elaine Maxwell --- Submitted by Laura C. --- Virginia
October 10, 2005
" Problems encountered and then resolved give rise to experiences, which form the foundations for life's most important lessons. So you gotta face the problem and work towards the solution. And remember: the solution is in the problem itself-if you muster up the guts to face the dilemma!!"
Copyright © 2005 Ritu Gupta
October 10, 2005
" Always believe that there is always a place at the top for you!!!"
Written in 2004 by Pankaj Sethi --- Haryana, India
October 5, 2005
" Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise. If you fail, they'll forget it."
William Feather
October 5, 2005
" There never was a winner that didn't expect to win in advance."
Denis Waitley
October 5, 2005
" Individual commitment to a group effort that is what makes a team, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
Vince Lombardi
October 3, 2005
" LOOK! Spread your wings and soar high and don't be afraid to fall, for falling is the new beginning."
Written in 2005 by Zeus Villafuerte --- Philippines
What makes you weak is that you are afraid of doing something, afraid that you're never gonna make it. Don't be a fool; even Noah had the same problem. He had to sail for forty days and nights in the midst of a great storm until he found a place to park his ark.
October 3, 2005
" Nobody will know who you are until they see your dreams activated. Dreams don't make a champion, discipline does."
Written in 2005 by Bassey Ndon --- Nigeria
October 3, 2005
" In order to achieve our dearest dream, we should never father the idea of failure or even second guess ourselves."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Matt Fry
September 28, 2005
" Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere....to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang tough together."
Tony Dungy
September 28, 2005
" Opportunity often comes in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat."
Napoleon Hill
September 28, 2005
" If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
Mario Andretti
September 26, 2005
" The greatest success is not giving up, even when it seems like you should. When things seem unclear, I sit back and ask myself, where are you going and what do you need to do right now to get there?"
Copyright © 2005 Joseph Magagnoli
September 26, 2005
" Live life, have big dreams, seek a path and pursue it; the journey may get rough and rocky; sometimes smooth and slow, but be persistent, success will be yours."
Copyright © 2005 Elaine Harper
I hope someone is encouraged by these words. God bless.
September 26, 2005
" When you walk off the floor with no regrets is when you know you've won. You don't need a trophy or ribbon to tell you that."
Written in 2005 by J.C. --- Michigan
This is the best feeling you'll ever have.
September 21, 2005
" No one is great; great are the opportunities."
Written in 2005 by J.P. Singh --- India
September 21, 2005
" I know the price of success: dedication; hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."
Frank Wright --- Submitted by S.B. --- Canada
September 21, 2005
" Failing does not mean you are a failure. Probably it is not yet your turn. Try again."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Bosco Njagara --- Kampala, Uganda
September 19, 2005
" Competition is finding your limits; Winning is blowing them away."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chris Dalman --- Ohio
This was the theme quote for the swim & dive team I coached a couple years ago.
September 19, 2005
" You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small because how you start is how you finish."
Bernie Mac - actor/comedian --- Submitted by K. DeAnna --- Georgia
September 19, 2005
" Always be the influencer, never the influenced. As the influencer, people will follow, love, and admire you for what and who you really are. It is in the influencers of our lives that we find the great leaders of our time. They are never forgotten."
Copyright © 2005 Samuel K. Aidoo
September 14, 2005
" If something happens to you that you can't control, don't waste your time worrying about it. But if you can do something to fix it, then do it."
David "Pie" Crossnoe --- Submitted by Brian Thornton
This quote by my grandfather has always gotten me over any setbacks I have had. It reminds me to either "let it go" or "fix it". Those are the only true options if you choose to live a happy life.
September 14, 2005
" Everyday is a good day; just some days are better than others."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tom Lewis
A fellow co-worker would always say this to me when the going seemed to get tough.
September 14, 2005
" Everyday there's an opportunity waiting to be discovered!"
Copyright © 2001 Tony Overman
Tony Overman is a national motivational speaker and Telly award winning producer of 15 teen shows.
September 12, 2005
" When you tried to achieve your goal and failed,
Don't be disappointed, but accept it and stand up - wipe your tears,
Study and learn once more time...who knows?
You might even achieve more than you've set out for."
Written in 2005 by Samantha J. --- Java, Indonesia
September 12, 2005
" If your obstacles bring you down, then let your determination bring you up."
Copyright © 2005 Shilpa Lad
September 12, 2005
" Winners are ordinary people with the EXTRAORDINARY ENTHUSIASM & SPIRIT to win!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Santosh H. --- Ahmedabad, India
August 31, 2005
" True leaders are not those who strive to be first, but those who are first to strive and give their all for the success of the team. True leaders are first to see the need, envision the plan, and empower the team for action. By the strength of the leader's commitment, the team is unleashed."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by David Monday --- Georgia
August 31, 2005
" The seeds of success spring from failure's ashes."
Copyright © 2004 Robert X. Perez
August 31, 2005
" I want to be remembered, not by fortune but by fame. I don't want the world to view me as a man with money, I want the world to view me as a man with a purpose and that purpose is to be remembered."
Copyright © 2005 Kenny Walden
I want to go down in history with a great purpose.
August 29, 2005
" Action is the key to success. Procrastination will tempt, fun and games will call, and people will interrupt, but the secret of achievement is to FOCUS. Isolate what you want to do, get started, and DO IT WELL."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marcella Novacovici --- Ontario, Canada
August 29, 2005
" True winners are made when nobody is watching."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brett Savage --- Ohio
This is a great little quote because I live by it. I train for baseball before practice and after practice, when there is nobody telling me to run or lift. I do it all on my own. It's called character.
August 29, 2005
" Everything is possible; it's just that the impossible things take a little longer to figure out!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ash S. --- QLD, Australia
This is something my dad said as I as stressing over final exams...I don't think he realized what he said but it was one of those things that just stuck with me ever since. I think it's beautiful :)
August 24, 2005
" Success is knowing what you are made up of, in spite of what occurs to you. Greatness is a function of who you are and what you have. The difference between you and your place of glory is an event. Great men have dreams; great dreams rule the world. You are only a thought away from your dream and a step away from your greatness. Take a walk Sir!"
Copyright © 2005 Bassey Ndon
August 24, 2005
" Success belongs to those individuals who can look at the complex challenges offered by the World as inspiration."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hardik Dalwadi --- Bangalore, India
No Comments, Just follow it........World will follow you.
August 24, 2005
" Mental toughness is to see the long term pains rather than be put off by short pains. Once you have this toughness, you have the winning edge."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shariq Qureshi --- Karnataka, India
August 22, 2005
" When you strike out you have a decision to make. You can either get back up there or you can walk off on your team. If you get back up there and strike out again, at least you know you tried. But if you walk off, you know that you cut you and your team short. You will also have to wonder what might have happened if you tried and tried again."
Copyright © 2005 Alisha Nelson
August 22, 2005
" The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment."
Justin Langer --- Submitted by Kane R. --- NT, Australia
I use this one every time before I play a game of cricket to inspire me.
August 22, 2005
" Even god takes nine months to create a baby. What makes you think that you can achieve success in a short time? The best of things will take its own time."
Copyright © 2005 ArtheePriyaa Natrajan
Follow your dreams, no matter how long it takes.
August 17, 2005
" Believing and dreaming go hand in hand."
My Granny Beverly --- Submitted by Melyssa Mckenzie --- Michigan
My granny had quotes that always made me think.
August 17, 2005
" Remember in life we gamble; the earth is a playroom full of obstacles and thrills, so let things flow and you'll find good reasons...learn from it."
Copyright © 2005 Hyriah Candao
August 17, 2005
" Everything you've done in life- the good, the bad- have all brought you to this moment. Someone out there obviously wants you to do something significant, right now. That person is you."
Copyright © 2005 Chris Lee
August 15, 2005
" Don't ever give up on a dream due to the amount of time it will take to achieve it. The time will pass anyway."
Copyright © 2001 Russ Ebsen
I heard of my grandfather's remark to my dad when he came home one day and announced that he was dropping out of college. My dad, being a police officer on monthly rotating shifts and being married with a child (myself), was having a hard time with school and work and family. When he advised my grandfather of his intentions, he told his dad that by the time he graduates, he would be 35 years old. My grandfather, being a man of very few words, simply replied, "you're going to be 35 anyway." I use this saying every time I deal with a person who has yet to conquer the barriers of their dreams. A police officer myself, I am able to help those who are afraid of those hidden obstacles in their future.
August 15, 2005
" The only things in life you ever really regret, are the chances you didn't take....to hell with the consequences!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bekah Jordan --- Mississippi
Take chances every day!
August 15, 2005
" Our team is like a wonderbra; we work together to score!"
2002 CMHS women's varsity soccer team --- Submitted by S. McLean
Our soccer team had analogies before every game and when this one was said we turned it into a name of a play and then used it for the rest of the season!
August 10, 2005
" True victory is not about finishing first; it is about finishing regardless of how many times you fall."
Copyright © 2005 Rebecca Eilts
August 10, 2005
" The Goal in life is not always fast paced but steady & consistently paced. A great deal of the time it's not who is the fastest but who endures and finishes. Do what it takes to FINISH!"
Copyright © 2005 Delaney Jones
August 10, 2005
" If you don't push yourself to the limit, how do you know where the limit is?"
Written in 2005 by Kristina K. --- Bulgaria
August 8, 2005
" Sometimes we have to move the sun and the moon to get to the stars… your goal... your star..."
Copyright © 2005 Tye Frazier
Never stop. Never give up!!!
August 8, 2005
" If your ship has not yet come in, build a lighthouse."
Copyright © 1998 Rod R. Garcia
I write young adult's novels and I wrote this specific quote for one of my books.
August 8, 2005
" Each failure is simply another chapter to the story of our lives. To fail is to understand what not to do. Remember it and don't give up until your goal is achieved."
Copyright © 2005 Samuel Aidoo
August 3, 2005
" When life throws shoes at you.... at least pick through the best ones and try them on for size! =)"
Written in 2005 by Jasbeen S. --- California
I came up with this as a motivational tool... yeah, life is difficult,...things will come at you left and right... the message I'm sending with this quote is, "do not give up, have a positive outlook on your circumstance, and make the best of it...you may learn something new or come out with something great."
August 3, 2005
" To begin a journey one must have courage; to finish a journey one must have perseverance."
Copyright © 2005 Alex Sung
August 3, 2005
" The nose of the Bulldog is slanted back, so that he can still breathe without ever letting go."
Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Rhett Marcatos --- Florida
Just never let go. No matter how hard/tough, just be persistent. When attempting something new, just bite into it and never let go. Just keep chewing until you win.
August 1, 2005
" If you want to excel, do not stare at the stairs but rather step on a stair."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Madhura Prabhu --- Karnataka, India
August 1, 2005
" When life deals you a losing hand, don't look to what you have lost, look to what you have to gain."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Richard Arroyo --- Maryland
August 1, 2005
" Aspire to acquire the desire that you admire. But if in the process you perspire, don't retire but refire to acquire that desire that you admire."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manuwa T.--- Lagos, Nigeria
July 27, 2005
" There is no such thing as an extraordinary person. There are only ordinary people continuing on where others give up. The moment one passes the "Give Up Point", EVERYTHING looks EXTRAORDINARY!"
Copyright © 1985 Sharole B. Kaes
July 27, 2005
" You can push me, but I stand still. You can hit me, but I feel no pain. You can scream anything, but I will not hear. You will never bring me down because I will not let you get to me. Watch me win!"
Larry Childs --- Submitted by Shane F. --- Illinois
July 27, 2005
" If things don't happen by your wish, make them happen by your will."
Copyright © 2005 Nagesh Jadhav
July 25, 2005
" Excellence Inspires, Experience it!"
Copyright © 2005 Vashi Chandiramani
July 25, 2005
" Keymakers: Some people see a closed door and turn away. Others see a closed door, try the knob... if it doesn't work they turn away. Still others see a closed door, try the knob... if it doesn't open, they find a key. If the key doesn't fit, they turn away. A rare few see a closed door, try the knob... if it doesn't open, they find a key. If it doesn't fit, they make one."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amanda J. --- Montana
This quote was given to my team right before our playoff game for the State championship. It made a lot of us realize that things aren't just handed over and given to you. You actually have to work hard to achieve.
July 25, 2005
" The ultimate motivator is defeat. Once you are defeated, you have nowhere to go except the top."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sufian Hussainkhan --- Andhra Pradesh, India
It is defeat that turns gristle into muscle. It is defeat that makes men INVINCIBLE. People never accept the defeat. Defeat will never come to a person until he admits it.
July 20, 2005
" There is a false belief within our society that to be a winner you have to hit a home run each and every time you go to hit the ball. In reality very few human beings can turn out these sorts of averages. Simply, a winner keeps trying to hit the ball until he hits more than he misses; losers quit."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by N.E. --- Western Australia, Australia
Roughly from "A Piece of Daddy's Heart", a novel (or possibly autobiography) my aunt was reading when I was much younger. This passage stuck with me for years of competitive ice-skating where expectations are high, demands physically, mentally and financially are numerous, standards of sportsmanship are low, rewards are short lived and many with youth and talent don't persist.
July 20, 2005
" Motivation is the key to success. Failure is the product of loss of motivation. Together we can learn that not trying and failing, is worse then trying and failing. For when you try and fail, you learn from your mistake and while doing nothing provides, not only empty promises but empty lives."
Jordan Duncan --- Submitted by J.D. --- Pennsylvania
July 20, 2005
" Back on the 1st day in the 1st century, a person invented this thing called SUCCESS because he knew I was on the way."
Copyright © 2005 Mario Williams
Success was invented for all of us to have. So why not get it? It's free.
July 18, 2005
" A good leader is like a ladder that gives his followers an opportunity to reach a higher level of success."
Copyright © 2005 Jose B. Cabajar
July 18, 2005
" Start what is necessary, then the possible and suddenly you are going to do impossible."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yasir Khan --- Pakistan
July 18, 2005
" Everyone can look at the stars; it takes a champion to climb a mountain to get one."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Scott Burley --- Ontario, Canada
July 13, 2005
" What is utmost necessary in life is to fix yourself to the axis of your own life, which is your true nature. Sinewave of life will definitely show its positive and negative excursions with different magnitudes around this axis. If you manage to remain undeviated from your true nature or principles, no positive or negative peak can move you from there. Remember sinewave is meant to change always and not the axis."
Copy right © 2005 Priyanka Teredesai
Experience all the events, conclude the lesson and go forward but never disturb the focus of your real nature around which your life goes on unwinding. Be always like what your core insists.
July 13, 2005
" I look up in the sky at the time of the daytime and I saw stars.... the brightest star that I've seen is ME!
D-determination
R-realization
E-excitement
A-action
M-mission
S-success"
Written in 2005 by Zeus Villafuerte --- Philippines
July 13, 2005
" Dream it, think it, visualize it, make it real."
Copyright © 2005 Oliver dela Cuesta
July 11, 2005
" Failure is the messenger of success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Benedict Jaiwanth --- India
July 11, 2005
" It is not only "the slow but steady wins the race", but the slow, steady, and staying on course wins the race."
Copyright © 2005 Colleen Spiegel
July 11, 2005
" Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of."
Copyright © 2004 Christy Borgeld - Founder of Stepfamily Day
July 6, 2005
" No matter how hard things may seem, the diamond of your soul is harder."
Copyright © 2005 Major Bostrom
July 6, 2005
" The journey is not hard. It only seems hard because the human mind fears the river and avoids the mountain."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michelle P. --- Ohio
July 6, 2005
" Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal, a commitment to excellence, that will enable you to attain the success you seek."
Mario Andretti --- Submitted by Leslie Mohr --- Alabama
June 29, 2005
" To achieve it, you have to KNOW it in your HEAD and BELIEVE it in your HEART."
Written in 2005 by L. Schmitt --- QLD, Australia
I used this as a main theme when I was doing a motivational speech for some developing players in my sport. The more and more I thought about it, I realized that it was right, and I had to start believing in myself before I could tell other kids this and it changed my attitude towards training and my own success.
June 29, 2005
" Don't look up to champions, be one."
Copyright © 2005 Jesse Poulton
Take life's challenges head on.
June 29, 2005
" It's not what you do that defines you. What defines you is how well you rise after you have fallen."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vivian M. --- Illinois
This quotes helps me whenever I feel I am lost.
June 27, 2005
" A destined soul sits --- mine runs."
Copyright © 2004 Matt Catinella
June 27, 2005
" Heroes run to danger."
Copyright © 2005 Michael Castellano
June 27, 2005
" You are the world's greatest, when you say you are."
R.Kelly --- Submitted by Rachel S. --- North Carolina
June 22, 2005
" In order to achieve our dearest dream, we should never father the idea of failure or even second guess ourselves. As soon as we let our insecurities get the best of us and decide to settle for anything less than our dearest dream, all it will ever be is simply a dream."
Copyright © 2005 Mariusz Mazurek
June 22, 2005
" If your mind is open, you will never face closed doors."
Copyright © 2005 Larissa Belcher
I made this up and put it on the quote of the day board at work. Everyone found it insightful and told me I should post it, so here it is!
June 22, 2005
" I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."
Nikola Tesla --- Submitted by Martha Varzaly --- Pennsylvania
June 20, 2005
" Desire, dedication and determination is the only formula of success."
Copyright © 2005 Ranjeet Mehta
June 20, 2005
" Those who dream of success, dream with their eyes wide open. They set goals, work hard, overcome obstacles and achieve success."
Copyright © 2005 Rohit Gupta
June 20, 2005
" I you think you've done it, then your wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could."
Brendan Manning --- Submitted by N.M. --- British Columbia
Brendan Manning is a university professor at Malaspina University
June 15, 2005
" A pacesetter is never out of place; he sets the standard from which criteria of selection for others will be established. Be a pacesetter! Dare taking the risk!"
Copyright © 2005 Leussa Adrienne
June 15, 2005
" For man is in control of his own destiny, have faith of what you can do, for it only boils down to the level of your desire to achieve your dreams."
Copyright © 2005 Erwin S. Eusebio
June 15, 2005
" If you're not a step ahead, are you sure you're not a step behind?"
Copyright © 2005 Kirk Schafer
June 13, 2005
" When you are looking for something, you must believe you will find it. When you are scared, you must believe your fear cannot overtake you. The hope in your heart will always be there and once you access it-the possibilities are endless."
Copyright © 2005 Nicci Cettolin
I have found in all my life that hope-true or false-is the one thing that will save us all.
June 13, 2005
" Why cry if you can laugh? Why wait if you can act? Get out there - make a difference!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.G. --- Brazil
Never give up! You only get one life - live it to the fullest!
June 13, 2005
" No matter how many times you fail at something, you are never a failure until the day you quit trying."
Written by Michael T. Vaisanen
June 8, 2005
" You will never win unless you guys bond and play as a team. A bunch of amazing individuals will never beat a good team unless you play as a team."
Denny Allen, East Marshall Baseball --- Submitted by Ryan W. --- Iowa
This was said to us going into the bottom of the ninth of the consolation championship game at STATE. We were down 8-1 and we played as a team and came back and won 9-8, while doing this after our first two batters were called out...it was an amazing quote that motivated me.
June 8, 2005
Here's the difference between a Champion and Others:
" A champion, when he fell, always got back up and tried even harder. He slowed down over the speed bumps and hit a pothole now and then, but each time, he kept going. He didn't care how bad it hurt or hard he had to try. Others, on the other hand, when they fell, stayed there. Maybe tried to get up and kept falling and didn't try to get up anymore. Stopped at the speed bumps and fell into the potholes. Quit when he hurt and was tired. If you want to be a champion, try and try again. Never let your hopes slip out of your hands."
Copyright © 2005 Jessy Oho
Never give up, regardless how bad of a fall you take or how bad it hurts to be successful---I live for challenges, do you?
June 8, 2005
" We plan more but accomplish less. Don't be a background observer ... be an active player. Don't wait for a personal invitation to speak your mind cause you'll never know until you try. Go deeper ... Reach higher. No pain ... No gain ma' friend and always remember that things which hurt ... INSTRUCT."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Omnia Aly --- Alexandria, Egypt
I always say these quotes to myself when I feel down to lift up my spirit.
June 6, 2005
" The 3 P's to success - Passion, Persistence & Patience."
Copyright © 2000 Doug Bronson
Never Give up & Never Surrender
June 6, 2005
" Warriors, like all men, always fear failing but they never ever in their life let fear take control over them."
Copyright © 2005 Vibhore Jain
June 6, 2005
" The flame that burns inside to succeed is only as hot as the pain in your muscles."
Copyright © 2004 Kyle Emery
I came up with this while I was training with my Varsity X country team. It goes through my mind before every hard practice and before every game or race.
June 6, 2005
" Celebrate your failures. Failures teach you to succeed in life. One failure opens the door for hundreds of successes."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Daljit Jeetu --- Punjab, India
Hey friends, enjoy each moment of life.
May 25, 2005
" Life is like a book with many different chapters, some tell of tragedy and others of triumph. Some chapter are dull and ordinary, others intense and exciting. The key to being a success in life is to never stop on a difficult page, to never quit on a tough chapter. Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because the know a better chapter lies ahead."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Khanyi Msibi --- Kzn, South Africa
Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special in his or her own way.
May 25, 2005
" I never let the grass grow under my feet because I don't keep the same position. When there's a chance, I don't take it but when there's an opportunity, I take it."
Copyright © 2005 Mxolisi Xulu
May 25, 2005
" If you encounter difficulty, don't change your decision to go, change your direction to get there."
Coach Geisler --- Submitted by S.S., Age 16 --- New York
Coach Geisler was a great man.. great friend... great Coach...but most of all a Great father. We're miss you Coach.
May 23, 2005
" Defense wins games, hard work wins championships...but bonds and brotherhoods will bring you all the way."
My coach --- Submitted by Rob P., Age 17 --- New York
My coach said this to my team before we won a league championships in basketball.
We were the underdogs 20-1
May 23, 2005
" To believe is to know with passion."
Copyright © 2005 M.C. Silver
May 23, 2005
" COWBOY UP!"
JoAnn H. --- Submitted by Megan H. --- Tennessee
This is one of the phrases that my mother has always said. They may only be two simple words, but they are great words to live by. She always told us the world was not going to stop and come to us, but we had to COWBOY UP and go after what we wanted. She is extremely loving and extremely wise!
May 18, 2005
" I will not accept fear, weakness, or failure. The only defeat I will accept is a matter in which is out of my hands. Therefore I will reach out my hands and change it."
Copyright © 2005 Tyler Barr
This is a quote I made up during the halftime of a football game, in which it helped motivate my team to come back and end up winning the game. It is a quote with many underlying levels of both passion and dedication.
May 18, 2005
" Sometimes a simple "I still believe in you" can mean so much from someone and be so helpful in knowing all isn't lost."
Copyright © 2005 Andrea Holmen
May 18, 2005
" Never give up, never quit… Persist..."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manoj Marathe --- Maharashtra, India
I strongly believe in this principle of life.
May 16, 2005
" Life is like surfing. Sometimes we all get tied up on looking and waiting for that perfect wave to come along. While doing this, we forget that surfing is not about finding that awesome wave, it's about enjoying the moment, loving what you're doing, going with the flow and making the best of what's been given to you."
Copyright © 2005 Ray Memita
May 16, 2005
" No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."
Charles Kendall Adams --- Submitted by Osasu Osayimwen --- Massachusetts
May 16, 2005
" I am in control of my own destiny."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Krystal Simpson --- Massachusetts
May 11, 2005
" Sometimes in life things happen and you think the world stops. Hold strong, really it has only changed direction, your future is always as bright as you want it to be."
Copyright © 2005 Octavia Allen
May 11, 2005
" Have courage when times may fail. Be not afraid to make a change. Take a chance on the inevitable. Make a difference in everything you do. Be the person who you were meant to be. Success is not born; it is made by those who seek to see the difference in everything, turning the impossible into a possible success."
Copyright © 2005 Leon William
Life is all about challenges. We only get one chance, so take it with arms wide open and embrace it as you are embracing fate.
May 11, 2005
" You are what you think. Think positively and look at the bright sides of the world."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rattanak Chea --- Cambodia
May 9, 2005
" Balance between mind and body is what allows us to achieve the most in lives. Never lose the balance and you will always hold the focus needed to achieve your toughest goals."
Copyright © 2005 Samuel K. Aidoo
May 9, 2005
" The gap between where I am today and where I want to be is too vast, but I shall cover the distance by small leaps forward, for the tortoise never thought of the distance but kept leaping forward."
Copyright © 2005 Ankush Arora
While reading your quotes, this thought came to my mind and so I thought it's good to share it with friends around in this way.
May 9, 2005
" It is good to start doing things that you want to do, but then its better to start doing things that you were meant to do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Reggie McAfee
May 4, 2005
" Pursue your objectives with a steadfast belief and confidence at each and every instance, whether in 'thought' or 'deed'."
Copyright © 2005 Vashi Chandiramani --- Hong Kong
May 4, 2005
" Make it happen, help it happen, or get out of the way."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Steve Maes --- Illinois
May 4, 2005
" In the lives of great men, neither did fate give up, NOR DID THEY."
Copyright © 2005 Satish Kumar
May 2, 2005
" I sit in this world watching, listening and learning. All this hell that surrounds me will not bring me down. I am too strong, I love life too much to forget what is possible to attain, if you work hard and never give up."
Copyright © 2005 Shane Fredrick
Some people fold too easily. I have gone through and am going through very tough problems lately, but I will never stop trying to be the best man I can be.
May 2, 2005
" Sometimes only the struggle makes it worth it, only the pain makes it sweet, and only victory is the answer."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lisa P. --- Ontario, Canada
This is on the back of one of my power cheerleading sweatshirts. In order to win or succeed at anything, you have to try. You never know what you can do until you try. Never say "can't" because can't means "won't try." I'm a gymnastics coach, and a lot of kids say, "I can't", and at the gymnastics club, "can't" is known as a bad word, because it is so negative. When they say can't, I tell them to say in their head, "yes I can", and that does make a difference, because if they believe in themselves, then they can do anything they set their mind to and so can everyone else. Remember, "Not winning isn't the worst of failures, not to have tried is the true failure."
May 2, 2005
" Never Give Up! Find A Way To Win!"
M.H --- Submitted by K.H. --- Michigan
April 27, 2005
" The purpose of a team is to instill change. Jobs become missions, customers and staff become friends and family, and an employer ceases to be merely a company and becomes a cause worth standing for."
Copyright © 2004 Matthew M. Hering
April 27, 2005
" 'I can't'… takes you off the hook - it simply can't be done. Replace 'I can't' with 'I don't currently know any other way' and watch the doors of possibility open up!!"
Copyright © 2004 Steve Simons
April 27, 2005
" Feel free to tell yourself that you are the greatest of all. It's not being cocky; it's being your own motivator. No one in the entire world will audition to play that role except for you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ubi Okebie --- Georgia
April 25, 2005
" Nobody ever woke up on top of the mountain; sometimes you just got to go climbing!"
Copyright © 2004 Bill E. Williams
April 25, 2005
" You won before, now do it again."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.R. --- California
This has helped me so much
April 25, 2005
" Be ready for opportunities, because they will come up."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.O. --- California
Remember and say to yourself. "I know this, I can do this, this is for me," and grab that once in a life time opportunity.
April 20, 2005
" A window offers a view of opportunity. Open your window by using your ideas. Life is a Journey; take time to enjoy the view."
Copyright © 2005 Chandra Kroll
April 20, 2005
" It is not so important to be better than others, but rather to focus on being better yourself."
Copyright © 2005 Ron Skalski
April 20, 2005
" Success finds a way; failure finds an excuse."
Lawrence V. Fitz --- Submitted by Jeremy Ryan McMillan --- California
April 18, 2005
" Think positive and you will perform positive so you will achieve positive results."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yogi G. --- California
April 18, 2005
" No one every climbs a mountain to see the view at the bottom."
Copyright © 2005 Jamie Gregson
Life can be a strange journey. I don't know when the end will be, but I know it can wait.
April 18, 2005
" Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living."
Anais Nin
April 13, 2005
" Never underestimate the power of the combination of inspiration and perseverance."
Copyright © 2005 Samantha Hinson
April 13, 2005
" Give out your best in everything you do, for it will echo back the same to you."
Copyright © 2005 Jibson Bivera
April 13, 2005
" If you say you can't you never will, but if you say you can, at some point in time you will."
Written in 2004 by Robbie S., Age 17 --- California
Your mind is the strongest part of your body. It is there; use it.
April 11, 2005
" The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. But for all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap!"
M.C. Hershey --- Submitted by A.P. --- Texas
April 11, 2005
" It is better to lose a hard fought battle, than avoid a battle because it is too hard to fight."
Copyright © 2005 Andrew Faunt
April 11, 2005
" NEVER stop trying, even when everything seems to be lost. Stand up tall, wipe away your tears and never give up."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Maddy W. --- Victoria, Australia
This really helped me at one on the worst times in my life! I hope it can help someone else!
April 6, 2005
" I am Someone, with Something, going Somewhere!"
Copyright © 2005 Julie Odushile
April 6, 2005
" Life is a game. Take a chance and play it. You can win!"
Copyright © 2005 Rekha Kumar
Life is full of color
April 6, 2005
" Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
Basho
April 4, 2005
" Your passion should drive your exploration, not your reaction."
Copyright © 2005 S. Kevin Hungate
April 4, 2005
" Perfect comes with fears and a false front."
Copyright © 2005 Aaron Stead
April 4, 2005
" By being active, we are doubling our efficiency. By being inactive, we are hiding our efficiency. But remember, we have efficiency (only hiding it)."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Parthiban Jayaraman --- Tamilnadu, India
I say this to myself when I feel tired and lose confidence and it really works.
March 23, 2005
" The pleasure of having a dream is that it is a fantasy. If it happens, it was never really a dream, it was destiny."
Written in 2005 by William M --- Connecticut
Just something that keeps me going.
March 23, 2005
" It's not if, but when. It's not how, but how hard."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.D. --- Utah
March 23, 2005
" The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been."
Alan Ashley-Pitt
March 21, 2005
" How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you need an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you need to be willing to work for it."
Jim Valvano --- Submitted by A.P. --- Wisconsin
March 21, 2005
" Expecting the best means that you put your whole heart (i.e. the central essence of your personality) into what you want to accomplish. People are defeated in life not because of lack of ability, but for lack of wholeheartedness. They do not wholeheartedly expect to succeed. Their heart isn't in it, which is to say, they themselves are not fully given."
Norman Vincent Peale --- Submitted by Alph Shirley --- TamilNadu, India
This is the quote that changed my life. I understood that I can succeed in anything if I give myself fully to it.
March 21, 2005
" You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers."
Les Brown
March 18, 2005
" Through work and play, challenge yourself; not the person sitting in front of you or beside you. YOU are the only person that will allow for room for your success."
Copyright © 2005 Angela Whitley
March 18, 2005
" No matter how hard life seems, never give up on your dreams."
Written in 2004 by Bridgette J. Wilcox
March 18, 2005
" There are people who are thinkers.... There are people who are doers.... Be both! "
Copyright © 2005 Lou Scaffidi
March 14, 2005
" No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aj T. --- United Kingdom
Remembering this short quote helped me to think about what I want from life. Being a dancer, dream's a huge deal, therefore whenever I say this to myself, I remember that anything is possible
March 14, 2005
" The difference between good and great is an inspired idea and perspiration on your shirt."
Copyright © 2004 Rev. Darrell W. Boswell
March 14, 2005
" Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things. Success is doing the right things right, right now."
Copyright © 2003 Nisandeh Neta
March 9, 2005
" Going with the flow means going down the gurgler with everyone else. Dare to strike out on your own."
Copyright © 1997 Bernard G. Bailey
March 9, 2005
" If I think I can do it, I know I can. If I know I can, then I will."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brittany A. --- Ohio
March 9, 2005
" Expect victory and you make victory."
Preston Bradley
March 7, 2005
" If you have tried as hard as you can and tell me that you have given 110% effort, I think that you have never given more than 90% in the past. If you try as hard as you can and tell me you have given 90% effort, I think you understand what it takes to be great."
Copyright © 2005 Jay W. VanWassenhoven
March 7, 2005
" Don't strive for what you were, strive for what you want to become."
Written in 2004 by S. J. --- Czech Republic
I came up with this when my best friend lost his dream and was trying to relive the magic. All he really had to do was look to the future.
March 7, 2005
" Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds."
Larry Bird
March 2, 2005
" If you don't work hard on your game, you're the one who loses."
Copyright © 2005 Steve Gladfelter
March 2, 2005
" Success is like baseball; you can fail more than you succeed and still make it in the hall of fame."
Copyright © 2004 Bruce A. Rodgers
March 2, 2005
" The sign on the door to success says, 'PUSH'."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sair M. --- SA, Australian External Territories
February 28, 2005
" People will tell you what is impossible - you must know it's possible. People will say what is wrong or right - you must decide for yourself. People will tell you what to believe in and what not to - be sure you know your feelings on any topic. People may say it is not your place - and you must know that it is."
Copyright © 2005 Nicci Cettolin
Anything is possible. Right and wrong are opinions. Beliefs are individual. All are people; all are at their place.
February 28, 2005
" People usually say,
'THE SKY IS THE LIMIT'.
I believe,
'THE SKY IS JUST THE BEGINNING.'"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Satbir Hanspaul --- Ontario, Canada
There are no boundaries for hope! One has to actual believe what he is capable of and just go for it!
February 28, 2005
" When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
George Washington Carver
February 23, 2005
" Stay positive, live positive, surround yourself around positive people and positive things and you will succeed."
Copyright © 2005 Sal A. Betancourt
February 23, 2005
" Equation for success:
Goal = (Where you want to be - Where you are today) / Time + Effort that you are willing to invest."
Copyright © 2005 Jason Pichette
February 23, 2005
" We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."
Tobias Wolff
February 21, 2005
" A positive attitude does not mean you can't lose...but you're guaranteed a winning chance at anything you actually do!"
Written in 2004 by C. Motley --- California
February 21, 2005
" Cross-country is a team sport with individual effort."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marci V. --- Mississippi
I thought this quote is much like the way life is today. It takes our individual effort to help with our inner strength, but it is also the others around us that help make our life worth living.
February 21, 2005
" Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will."
Dr. Robert Anthony
February 16, 2005
" Success is most enjoyable when it has been won against odds."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gopalakrishnan Suyampragasam --- Tamil Nadu, India
February 16, 2005
" Don't ever get tired until you make the last attempt. Don't ever make the last attempt until you are successful."
Prince Yemi --- Submitted by Adeyemi Adeyonu --- Ondo, Nigeria
February 16, 2005
" Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard, who had the desire to be great."
Magic Johnson
February 14, 2005
" Determination is the strength needed to succeed."
Dan Gable --- Submitted by Kevin M. --- Illinois
February 14, 2005
" There is no such thing as luck. Prepare and you will receive many opportunities."
Written in 2004 by C.O. --- New York
February 14, 2005
" Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle."
Marilyn Monroe
February 9, 2005
" People say you can do anything you put your mind to. Well I say, you can do anything you put you heart to. The mind will constantly remind you of sacrifice, failure, and self-doubt. But the heart knows what it feels like to fail."
Copyright © 2004 Ruth Kissinger
This was a conclusion to a speech I wrote for my school's oratorical contest. I found inspiration in myself this past year, and it wasn't because I had set my mind to a certain mode, it was because I finally believed I could do it. I won first place in that contest.
February 9, 2005
" Success is moving from failure to failure with zeal and enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Okworogun Kingsley --- Lagos, Nigeria
February 9, 2005
" A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
Arnold H. Glasgow
February 7, 2005
" There lies dormant in all of us at least one good idea, and that's all it takes."
Copyright © 2004 Dan Yovich
February 7, 2005
" Resolve to pay any price or make any sacrifice to get into the top 10% in your field. The pay off is incredible."
Brian Tracey --- Submitted by John Dankovich --- Michigan
February 7, 2005
" If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away."
J.Krishnamoorthy --- Submitted by Sandeep Choudhary --- Delhi, India
February 2, 2005
" Somewhere behind the athlete you've become, the practices, the coaches who pushed you, the meets you've competed in, the long time dedication, and the friendships you made along the way, there's a little girl who fell in love with the water; swim for her."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.D. --- New Jersey
February 2, 2005
" Real champions believe in themselves even when no one else will!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.C. --- Iowa
February 2, 2005
" Life is about chasing after the things you think are truly worth it, even if they don't happen, I'd rather have nothing but know I didn't settle for something I didn't want!"
Selma Hayek --- Submitted by C. Devine --- United Kingdom
January 31, 2005
" Remain calm at all times! Remember the first glance at a problem is not always the REAL picture."
Copyright © 1999 Jayne L. Gibb
Don't lose your head when you are presented with a problem. Most situations are not as large as you think they are, and if they really are, a calm head only helps get through them.
January 26, 2005
" Why reach for the stars when there's so much more beyond?"
Copyright © 2004 David Torrelli
January 26, 2005
" I know at times it seem as if being asleep is better than being awake, but if you give up, you and I both know that will be a big mistake."
Copyright © 2003 Shawna Gornick
January 26, 2005
" I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."
Lucille Ball
January 24, 2005
" If you try again and again, even it results are futile, you don't lose what you have; even if you don't get anything."
Dr. Aurangzeb Shaikh --- Submitted by Azeb Shaikh --- Karachi, Pakistan
January 24, 2005
" Experiences make you who you are. If you avoid experiences, who are you?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.C. --- NSW, Australia
January 19, 2005
" TEAM WORK: You are doing good and we are looking good."
Copyright © 2004 Fabio Marshall
January 19, 2005
" When you feel the muscles in your shoulders straining, when your heart is beating two hundred times a minute, when your legs feel like they can't handle one more turn, and when each breath burns your lungs, that's when you know you have to push harder."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason S. --- New Jersey
January 19, 2005
" Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."
George Halas
January 17, 2005
" All you need to keep moving is your ability to keep being courageous."
Copyright © 2004 Ekhorutomwen E. Atekha
January 17, 2005
" Dreams to touch the sky can only be made at the ground level."
Copyright © 2004 Rakesh Verma
January 17, 2005
" No empowerment is so effective as self-empowerment. In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when wrong, they are positive, and that is the way of achievement."
David Landes --- Submitted by Craig Orenstein --- California
January 12, 2005
" One can only know the true joy of victory by being well acquainted with the agony of defeat."
Copyright © 2003 Bradley Hannaford
January 12, 2005
" Hark work and commitment can often bring you success, so live your life to the fullest, work hard and never give up --- because you never know what day will be your last."
Copyright © 2004 Brett J. Antill
January 12, 2005
" Life might not go how you want or plan it to be. Don't look back and wish you had. Look forward and do."
Copyright © 2004 Nico D. Dato
January 10, 2005
" Accept The Movement, Everything Is Ok."
Rushi Prabhakar -- Submitted by Shiva Prasad --- Andhra Pradesh, India
Don't get depressed, if anything goes against your wish. Assume that everything is for your good.
January 10, 2005
" It is not how you begin that matters, but how you finish."
Diane Bleakney --- Submitted by J.T., Age 17 --- Maine
January 10, 2005
" Dream of Beautiful Pictures, Live a Beautiful Life."
Copyright © 2004 Penny Ng
December 22, 2004
" Never say 'I can't handle it'. When an ant looks at something twice what he can handle, and then carries it home to share, you can handle it."
Copyright © 2004 Cara Ritz
December 22, 2004
" When your confidence flies away, just close your eyes and tell yourself that you can do it. Believe in yourself and you will come alive."
Karen John --- Submitted by Karen T. --- Sabah, Malaysia
December 22, 2004
" Even that which seems impossible, should be tried in order to see what might be."
Copyright © 2004 Maria Weeks
I use this to encourage my partners and myself to keep going in our entrepreneurial efforts.
December 20, 2004
" Nothing gets accomplished without leadership. All great things and all evil things happened due to extraordinary leadership. All of the great things in our work or personal life only happen because someone took up the key leadership role."
Copyright © 2004 Devajyoti Kataky
I have been noticing this leadership-factor in all of the national and international events in our world today. All of the successes, failures, and managing in the face of catastrophic failure, is directly attributable to who was leading. In my own life, at work in a corporation, when I take up leadership in my projects, things happen. When I don't take up leadership and wait for someone to tell me what to do, it may or may not happen. In my personal life, things that I want to make happen for my wife and kids, only moves forward in the direction I want, when I or my wife take up a deliberate leadership role.
December 20, 2004
" Do not settle for what you know, but rather strive for the unknown."
Copyright © 2003 Isabel Chagoya
December 15, 2004
" I want to sleep and I want to dream winning; I want to live and I want to make my dream a winner."
Copyright © 2004 Eddy Rosyadie
December 15, 2004
" The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back."
Steve Garvey --- Submitted by K.W., Age 14 --- Ohio
After I read this I analyzed myself. Think about it. Is this you?
December 13, 2004
" Never believe there is something you cannot do until proven otherwise."
Copyright © 2004 Joshua Hill
December 13, 2004
" If you have the ability to reach, the top is always vacant."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yasir Khan --- Punjab, Pakistan
December 8, 2004
" If you climbed one step, it means you can climb the rest."
Written in 2004 by Praveen Kumar --- Andhra Pradesh, India
This happened to me. I used to think I may, cannot do this work. Once I started trying, I felt it's "no more trying; it's doing."
December 8, 2004
" In order to be talented, you have to practice your PASSION."
Copyright © 2004 Phame Marie
December 6, 2004
" Without a dream there is no reason to work...without work there is no reason to dream."
Copyright © 1987 Lee Ayers
This was a team slogan I used one year when I was coaching high school girls' basketball.
December 6, 2004
" The fearless are merely fearless, those who act in spite of their fear are truly brave."
James A. Lafond-Lewis --- Submitted by Katie G. --- California
December 1, 2004
" The greatest pleasure in life is being able to do what someone else told you you'd fail at. I'm a strong enough person to accept failure, but I'm not strong enough to handle not trying."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Duane Kendrick --- California
December 1, 2004
" We are the only ones who have the power to accomplish what we set out to do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D. Smith --- Oklahoma
November 29, 2004
" Do not believe in examples-- believe in yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vellal Jeevan --- A.P., India
November 29, 2004
" Experiencing adversity is the first step in the road to success. If you've never been knocked down, how the h*ll do you expect to get up with any conviction?"
Copyright © 2004 Trevor Stienburg (Hockey Coach, Saint Mary's University)
November 24, 2004
" The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort."
Duffy Daugherty - Submitted by John M. Dankovich --- Michigan
November 24, 2004
" Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small steps."
Henry Ford
November 22, 2004
" If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder."
Pete Rose --- Submitted by M.B. --- Arizona
November 22, 2004
" Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second."
Bobby Unser
November 17, 2004
" A single step begins the journey of a thousand miles."
Chinese Proverb --- Submitted by Anna Maher --- Ireland
November 17, 2004
" Commit yourself to a dream. Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle - he defeated the fear of trying."
Robert H. Schuller
November 15, 2004
" Being a Champion doesn't mean beating the others, it means beating YOURSELF!"
Copyright © 2004 Asia Rogina
November 15, 2004
" The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that the warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse."
Don Juan
November 10, 2004
" The greatest achievement was at first and for a long time a dream. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. Dream lofty dreams and work out your dreams."
Copyright © 2004 Ogba Eke (Nigeria)
In life, we are often times the products of our dreams; for as a man thinketh so he is, and without dreaming Dreams, there will never be any hope of achieving success.
November 10, 2004
" When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."
R. Buckminster Fuller
November 8, 2004
" Fly on the wings of the eagle today, because the wind may not blow tomorrow!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Samantha G. --- Jersey Channel Islands
November 8, 2004
" I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!"
Lou Holtz
November 3, 2004
" The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
Vince Lombardi --- Submitted by Darin C. --- Iowa
November 3, 2004
" An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to."
Laurence J. Peter
November 1, 2004
" Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. Barclay --- Washington
November 1, 2004
This is a motivational Acronym for the word "can't"
C- Can
A- Absolutely
N- Negate
T- True Success
Copyright © 2004 Kenji L. Jackson
October 27, 2004
" Do as much as you can, as well as you can, for as long as you can."
Anthony A. Lowe --- Submitted by M.L. --- Pennsylvania
October 27, 2004
" I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."
Anne Baxter
October 25, 2004
" Be boundless. There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."
Douglas Everett --- Submitted by Sabrina Bell --- Colorado
My goal is to be one of those who turns my dreams into reality, and this quote is a daily affirmation of what can be done and the kind of person I want to become.
October 25, 2004
" You've got to take the initiative and play your game... Confidence makes the difference."
Chris Evert
October 20, 2004
" Catching people doing things right is a powerful management concept."
Ken Blanchard
October 20, 2004
" Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
October 18, 2004
" The only way to get better at football is to play football."
Gene Brodie --- Submitted by T.S. --- Georgia
October 18, 2004
" I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
Walter Payton
October 13, 2004
" Attitude is about moving from a mental stance of blame to one of accountability."
P.Brim --- Submitted by Anantha Laxmi --- A.P, India
Essence of Positive Attitude.
October 13, 2004
" No matter how weak you are, you will always find a way to be strong."
Copyright © 2004 Tautze Tautze (Borneo)
October 6, 2004
" Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident."
Chuck Knox
October 6, 2004
" The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal."
Dave DeBusschere
October 4, 2004
" People just don't land on mountaintops… they had to climb."
Copyright © 2004 Trevor Stienburg , Hockey Coach
October 4, 2004
" You don't play against opponents. You play against the game of basketball."
Bobby Knight
September 29, 2004
" The fact that we have failed before in trying should not deter us from trying again.
It will not deter me."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Martha Crentsil --- Accra, Ghana
September 29, 2004
" Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure."
Brian Tracy
September 27, 2004
" Achievement is not when you complete what you wanted to do, but when you accomplish what you dreamed of doing."
Copyright © 2004 John Glueck
September 27, 2004
" My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus."
Carl Lewis
September 22, 2004
" Just do what you do best."
Red Auerbach
September 22, 2004
" All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
T. E. Lawrence
September 20, 2004
" Good teams become great ones, when the members trust each other enough to surrender the me for the we."
Phil Jackson --- Submitted by Diana T., Age 16 --- Utah
This quote taught me the true meaning of selflessness and trusting every single player on your team without the slightest doubt in your heart.
September 20, 2004
" I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability; it was my mental ability."
Bruce Jenner
September 15, 2004
" We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings."
Abraham Maslow
September 15, 2004
" It is not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
John Wooden
September 13, 2004
" No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo --- Submitted by Amiya Sharma --- Delhi, India
September 13, 2004
" When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality."
Joe Paterno
September 8, 2004
" Courage is not a lack of fear, but the ability to act while facing fear."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.C., Age 16 --- California
September 8, 2004
" Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another."
Vince Lombardi
September 4, 2004
" Victories are for the present; lessons learned are for a lifetime."
Copyright © 2004 Che' Jones, College Basketball Coach
September 4, 2004
" Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish."
Jean De La Fontaine
August 30, 2004
" Your creativity lies only few minutes away from your thinking, so start thinking!"
Copyright © 2004 Barathi Subramaniam
August 30, 2004
" You should never doubt what nobody's sure of."
Willie Wonka --- Submitted by Danny Christopher --- Georgia
August 25, 2004
" We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes."
John F. Kennedy
August 25, 2004
" There's two (2) possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery."
Fermi
August 23, 2004
" Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."
Aristotle
August 23, 2004
" Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win."
Bernadette Devlin
August 18, 2004
" If you are able to lead yourself, you can lead someone. If you are capable of leading someone, then you can definitely lead everyone."
Copyright © 2004 Barathi Subramaniam
August 16, 2004
" Don't think you can't; show you can."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jayne Latoreno --- Manila, Philippines
If you think you really can, then why not show it? The rest is with God!!!!
August 16, 2004
" If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team."
Bud Wilkinson
August 16, 2004
" A minute's success pays the failure of years."
Robert Browning
August 11, 2004
" Every passion has its destiny."
Billy Mills
August 11, 2004
" I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
Abraham Lincoln
August 11, 2004
" I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions."
Lou Holtz
August 9, 2004
" CHANGE brings growth, and with GROWTH comes pain ... but it's the PAIN that causes me to overcome, in order to be SUCCESSFUL!"
Copyright © 2004 Monica L. Nash
August 9, 2004
" Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."
Leonardo da Vinci
August 9, 2004
" Heart in champions has to do with the depth of your motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure."
Bill Russell
August 4, 2004
" Better take pains; believe me it's worth it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Harvinder Dhami --- Punjab, India
I believe in this quote because when you take pains for some task and result may be anything ..but you are fully satisfied. Believe me, just follow this quote for some time in your life; your attitude will change for a lifetime.
August 4, 2004
" Knowledge is potential; action is power."
Anthony Robbins
August 4, 2004
" Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will."
Ron Blomberg
July 28, 2004
" Don't wish upon a star; reach for one."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Catherine N., Age 15 --- SA, Australia
It is motivational and portrays a notion of 'don't just dream, set the goal and work for it'
July 28, 2004
" When you're a professional, you come back no matter what happened the day before."
Billy Martin
July 28, 2004
" I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got."
Walter Cronkite
July 26, 2004
" A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat, but not too much, above his last achievement. In this way, he steadily raises his level of aspiration."
Kurt Lewin
July 26, 2004
" Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome."
Sam Snead
July 26, 2004
" None but the brave deserves the fair."
John Dryden
July 21, 2004
" A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are."
Ara Parashegian
July 21, 2004
" It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
Seneca
July 21, 2004
" A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain."
Mildred W. Struven
July 19, 2004
" Be Usual to Survive, Be Unique to Win!"
Copyright © 2004 Barathi Subramaniam
Because how much unique you are, that much you are winning.
July 19, 2004
" The more goals you set - the more goals you get."
Mark Victor Hansen
July 19, 2004
" I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."
Ingrid Bergman
July 14, 2004
" Become Passionate About Something Positive."
Copyright © 2003 Amy Tappe
July 14, 2004
" Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
Napoleon Hill
July 14, 2004
" The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Successes have many fathers; failures have none."
Philip Caldwell
July 12, 2004
" Take what life throws at you in stride, for you will get your day to throw it back."
Copyright © 2003 James Dodson
I selected this quote because this is the way I have lived since my near fatal accident. I have seen that life is short and that you must enjoy every day of it. I haven't regretted a moment and wouldn't give anything back.
July 12, 2004
" I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up."
Pierre S. Dupont IV
July 12, 2004
" Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
Ayn Rand
June 30, 2004
" You win only if you aren't afraid to lose."
Rocky Aoki
June 30, 2004
" Improvement begins with I."
Arnold H. Glasow
June 30, 2004
" Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all."
Norman Vincent Peale
June 28, 2004
" Don't ever forget your past, as you may forget yourself, and how you got where you are today."
Copyright © 2004 Cheryl A. Cioppa
I am a physical fitness Trainer! I use these quotes with clients and to help myself every single day!
June 28, 2004
" Yesterday is today's Memories; tomorrow is today's Dreams."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Di G., --- Brisbane, Australia
It makes you think.
June 28, 2004
" Turn your possibilities into reality."
Written in 2004 by Kelly J. Cannon
June 23, 2004
" If it's my moment, let it be my moment."
Written in 2004 Thomas Kotowski
June 23, 2004
" To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things."
Lee Iacocca
June 23, 2004
" Every man who accomplishes things sees first in his mind what he wishes to do. He puts away all doubt. It makes no difference how small or how large the thing you want to do may be; if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it, you will do it."
Charles Fillmore
June 21, 2004
" A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience."
Grant Fairley --- Submitted by Cari McKenzie --- Ontario, Canada
From a Motivational Seminar in Toronto
June 21, 2004
" Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control."
Tom Landry
June 21, 2004
" Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."
Dale Carnegie
June 16, 2004
" Never say never to your talents being birthed. Have twins, have triplets!"
Copyright © 2004 Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
June 16, 2004
" My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces."
Wilma Rudolph
June 16, 2004
" What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know EXACTLY what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it."
Henry Ward Beecher
June 14, 2004
" Verily, after every hardship there is relief."
Noble Quran --- Submitted by Keletso Legodi --- Gauteng, South Africa
To motivate those who are in adversities.
June 14, 2004
" If everything is under control, you're not going fast enough."
Mario Andretti
June 14, 2004
" Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success."
Dr. Rob Gilbert
June 9, 2004
" Give me a lever long enough and a prop strong enough, and I can single-handedly move the world."
Archimedes --- Submitted by A.C., Age 15 --- Michigan
June 9, 2004
" Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."
Harriet Braiker
June 9, 2004
" Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel."
Mary Kay Ash
May 26, 2004
" Always over-estimate your enemy. It would help you push yourself to the limits."
Copyright © 2000 Manmeet Johar
While preparing for competitive exams, this quote helped me and I topped the exams.
May 26, 2004
" Most people run a race to see who is the fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts."
Steve Prefontaine
May 26, 2004
" There is no philosophy which will help man to succeed when he is always doubting his ability to do so, and thus attracting failure. No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your effort, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible."
Charles Baudouin
May 24, 2004
" If you can accept rejection and reject acceptance, then there is nothing you should be afraid of attempting."
Copyright © 2004 Grant Ormerod
May 24, 2004
" The real feat, in every impeccable triumph, is snatching victory from the jaws of defeat."
Copyright © 2003 Lakkoju Goutam
May 24, 2004
" The Mountain looks unscalable from afar, but not when you are climbing it."
Copyright © 2004 Joyal Mehta
What we perceive is not necessarily what is.
May 19, 2004
" A diamond lies underground; dig it. Success is behind failures; grab it."
Copyright © 2004 Johni Pangalila
May 19, 2004
" Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."
Matt Biondi
May 19, 2004
" The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else."
Martina Navrtilova
May 17, 2004
" In the school of life, you must test and try everything or your lesson will never be complete. Whether you fail or succeed at each does not matter, only the knowledge you gained by trying will be graded."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Megan B. --- Wisconsin
May 17, 2004
" Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't fail is the last time you try something, and it works. One fails forward toward success."
Charles Kettering
May 17, 2004
" Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next."
Jonas Salk
May 12, 2004
" There are two different lives an individual can have, successful or unsuccessful. Where these two strongly differ is that the successful individual envisions their goals and dreams and will strongly advance with a highly positive and persistent attitude. In the end, this individual will not have only successfully achieved his/her's life's desires, they will have surrounded themselves with a positive environment only allowing for a more enjoyable life to live."
Copyright © 2004 David Kuch
In other words, stay strongly focused on your hopes and dreams whatever they may be, and don't let any negative surroundings affect you. Most importantly believe in yourself and what you can achieve.
May 12, 2004
" People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others have idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success often erroneously attributed to good luck."
Grenville Kleiser
May 12, 2004
" Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it."
William Durant
May 10, 2004
" A good leader uses his heart and his mind; not one or the other."
Written in 2004 by Grant H., Age 13 --- Georgia
May 10, 2004
" Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
Lord Chesterfield
May 10, 2004
" Leadership is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined with the capacity to fit each one into the job where he will do his best."
J. Oswald Sanders
May 5, 2004
" Limits exist only in your mind."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.K. Chawla --- Delhi, India
May 5, 2004
" For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
Mary Kay Ash
May 5, 2004
" My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny."
Elaine Maxwell
May 3, 2004
" Document your challenges and obstacles. A good leader should draw a map that others can follow."
Copyright © 2004 Jason Pichette
May 3, 2004
" Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work."
Jack Nicklaus
May 3, 2004
" Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations."
Ralph Charell
April 28, 2004
" When the obstacles become stimulants and self-motivators, the failures will obviously transform themselves into success stories."
Copyright © 2004 Lakkoju Goutam
April 28, 2004
" Any successful journey begins by packing your luggage full of imagination."
Kathrine Palmer Peterson --- Submitted by L.R. --- Maine
April 28, 2004
" Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss."
Doug Williams
April 26, 2004
" Some river rocks gently have the water wash over them. Others are tossed about by rough currents and become polished. These are the ones sought after for their beauty."
Copyright © 2004 Marj Reid
April 26, 2004
" Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."
Vincent Van Gogh
April 26, 2004
" To make promise into reality, we need commitment."
Copyright © 2004 Chinnappan Baskar
April 21, 2004
" Think Big, Act Big, Dream Big, Believe Big, and the results will be BIG."
Copyright © 2004 Scott Hepner
April 21, 2004
" I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down, and I will not let myself down."
Mia Hamm
April 21, 2004
" Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca
April 19, 2004
" The best way to fulfill your dreams is to simply, WAKE UP!"
Sivad Sitra --- Submitted by Larry President --- Florida
I use one of your quotes every day to motivate my drivers.
April 19, 2004
" If you are bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."
Lou Holtz
April 19, 2004
" No victor believes in chance."
Nietzsche
April 14, 2004
" Beware of 'overdoing it' --- but even more so, avoid his evil twin ---'underdoing it'."
Copyright © 2004 Christopher Heslin
Originally used to motivate exercisers, but is applicable to all aspects of life.
April 14, 2004
" So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win."
Og Mandino
April 14, 2004
" Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
Mahatma Gandhi
April 12, 2004
" There are no impossible dreams; there is just our limited perception of what is possible."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Natalia C. --- Ontario, Canada
April 12, 2004
" Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"
Ben Franklin
April 12, 2004
" Leaders don't force people to follow-they invite them on a journey."
Charles S. Lauer
April 9, 2004
" To be the best is to be the first one on the field and the last one off."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by William S. --- New York
April 9, 2004
" I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities."
John Robinson
April 9, 2004
" Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary."
Ray Knight
April 5, 2004
" Gates of success and growth are always open for those who strive stronger and work harder."
Copyright © 2004 Lakkoju Goutam
April 5, 2004
" No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times."
Martha Graham
April 5, 2004
" Discipline is not a nasty word."
Pat Riley
March 31, 2004
" Great things start from small beginnings...come in small packages."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Armand Pedroza --- Manila, Philippines
This is to inspire those who are about to begin a big project or about to begin new journey in life. Those who are stereotype people.
March 31, 2004
" I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world. But I succeeded because I keep going, and going, and going."
Sylvester Stallone
March 31, 2004
" When confronted with two courses of action, I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one - then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and canceling them out, I take the course indicated by what remains."
Benjamin Franklin
March 29, 2004
" For every truly great invention, someone else thought of it first. The difference is they chose to make that dream a reality."
Copyright © 2004 Mirirai Mandizvidza
I realized this when I was looking over some clothing designs I had made 5 years ago. Half the drawings I had made are now today's fashion.
March 29, 2004
" One man with courage makes a majority."
Andrew Jackson
March 29, 2004
" Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest."
Georgia O'Keeffe
March 24, 2004
" Being challenged is inevitable, being defeated is optional! NEVER GIVE UP!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Charlie B. --- Texas
March 24, 2004
" You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit."
Jim Rohn
March 24, 2004
" Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress."
Thomas A. Edison
March 22, 2004
" The art of leadership is keeping the right people in the right place."
Copyright © 2004 Chinnappan Baskar
March 22, 2004
" A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the people will say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
Lao Tzu
March 22, 2004
" The supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March 17, 2004
" FEAR - STEP INTO IT."
Copyright © 2004 Kareen Tavakoli
March 17, 2004
" Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse."
Norman Vincent Peale
March 17, 2004
" You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once."
Oprah Winfrey
March 15, 2004
" The mountain cannot come to you but you can go to it."
Copyright © 2004 Johni Pangalila
March 15, 2004
" Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
James Joyce
March 15, 2004
" You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset."
Tom Hopkins
March 10, 2004
" Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their hands?"
Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Renuka Kolagani --- Andhra Pradesh, India
Whenever this quote strikes me, I feel terrific. I feel that I have been wasting my time by expecting others to believe me, to support me.
March 10, 2004
" Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are."
Claude M. Bristol
March 10, 2004
" A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry over to discussions. They develop a richer understanding of the uniqueness of each person's point of view."
Peter Senge
March 8, 2004
" Just do it TODAY! For TODAY is yesterday's tomorrow!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shivdev Aulakh --- United Kingdom
(Advice for those who put off things for tomorrow)
March 8, 2004
" For true success ask yourself these four questions:
Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?"
James Allen
March 8, 2004
" There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."
Denis Waitley
March 3, 2004
" When you take a problem to your mind, you will be successful in solving. But if you take it your heart and mind, you will be a real winner."
Copyright © 2004 Lakkoju Goutam
March 3, 2004
" Winners lose more than losers. They win and lose more than losers, because they stay in the game."
Terry Paulson
March 3, 2004
" Before success comes in any man's life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do."
Napoleon Hill
March 1, 2004
" The best way to face up to the future is to confront the present, courageously and constructively."
Geoffrey Moss --- Submitted by Saman Khan --- Sindh, Pakistan
March 1, 2004
" Bravery is believing in yourself, and that is something no one can teach you."
El Cordobes
March 1, 2004
" The important thing to recognize it that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. Success have many fathers, failures have none."
Philip Caldwell
February 25, 2004
" Purpose turned into action is passion."
Copyright © 2004 Abigail Etich
February 25, 2004
" Paralyze resistance with persistence."
Woody Hayes
February 25, 2004
" Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
February 23, 2004
" Make yesterday's dreams tomorrow's future!"
Copyright © 2003 Ashley Glass
I wrote this on my way to New York City for acting auditions. It gave me hope.
February 23, 2004
" When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."
Theodore Roosevelt
February 23, 2004
" Set your goals high and don't stop until you get there."
Bo Jackson
February 18, 2004
" Life is like a maze and a mystery. You have, make, and achieve the endings you want."
Copyright © 2004 Randy Roy
February 18, 2004
" We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."
Jesse Owens
February 18, 2004
" Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear--good coaches do not."
John Wooden
February 16, 2004
" Sometimes it's not about the results, but the commitment to the effort."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. La France --- Pennsylvania
I heard this quote during an interview with a 1980's Olympic Decathlon winner. It has stuck with me ever since.
February 16, 2004
" Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have."
Louis E. Boone
February 16, 2004
" Courage is rarely reckless or foolish . . . courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced."
Margaret Truman
February 11, 2004
" This is the place. This is the time. There is no other."
Kirvan --- Submitted by Elizabeth Garnett --- Pennsylvania
February 11, 2004
" It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions."
Aristotle
February 11, 2004
" I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying."
Tom Hopkins
February 9, 2004
" Want what you will, then will what you want."
Copyright © 2002 Sonny Melendrez
February 9, 2004
" If you carry on doing the same old thing, the same old thing will keep happening to you. To change your future, renew your mind and do something new."
Anonymous --- Submitted by Edwin Mensah --- Kumasi, Ghana
February 9, 2004
" For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service."
John Burroughs
February 4, 2004
" Champions are afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning."
Billie Jean King --- Submitted by Adrian Parrish --- New York
February 4, 2004
" A college degree may open doors, but for those who are truly motivated, they can open their own doors."
Copyright © 1999 Leslie A. Kesterson
February 4, 2004
" Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece."
Ralph Charell
February 2, 2004
" If you want something, don't wish for it, work for it. Life is too short to wait."
Copyright © 2003 Stephen Hines
I live life this way. Far too many dreamers like me spent too much time hoping for change and far too little time making change happen. I wish I had started earlier on in my life.
February 2, 2004
" The only way to reach the goal is to first cross half the distance."
Copyright © 2003 Timothy Shaak
February 2, 2004
" When you put a date on your dream, it becomes a goal. When you aim for the goal, it becomes a challenge. When you beat the challenge, the reward is success. To have success... you need a dream..."
Copyright © 2004 Raja Akhtar
January 28, 2004
" If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, you'll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself."
Cher, Singer and actress --- Submitted by Diana F. --- New York
January 28, 2004
" To be placed second in a race is to know that you could have won but simply didn't try hard enough."
Copyright © 2003 Simon Walkley
This is a quote that I feel uses the negative end of the spectrum for motivation; a grey zone that is often overlooked because of its potentially unconstructive impact. In actual fact, when used correctly (especially in sport) it can produce very positive results.
January 28, 2004
" It matters not what team you are on, for you are still in the game just as everybody else."
Copyright © 2002 Greg Heavener
January 26, 2004
" Smile despite the circumstances and laugh throughout the pain. Life is full of hardships but it is how you deal with them that will, in the end, define your character."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lindsey L. --- Ontario, Canada
Too often people get worked up over things that they have no control over...if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
January 26, 2004
" Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."
Norman Vincent Peale
January 26, 2004
" People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice."
Ted Williams
January 21, 2004
" I never compete against the competition; the only one to compete against is myself, because one day I will beat the competition and then who will I compete against?"
Copyright © 2003 Billie M. Akauola
January 21, 2004
" Resiliency is the art of learning to repeatedly refuse to do anything else other than rise again after any and all set-backs!"
Brian G. Jett
January 21, 2004
" Time doesn't wait for anyone. Don't wait for it to fall on your lap; you have to make it happen."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Layla Medina --- Manila, Philippines
January 19, 2004
" Your team knows what they see - good. You know what your team sees - better. Your team knows what you see - best."
Copyright © 2003 John Denslow
January 19, 2004
" A team that has character doesn't need stimulation."
Tom Landry
January 19, 2004
" A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."
Alistair Cooke
January 14, 2004
" Life is an adventure - Savor every instant!"
Copyright © 1998 Ed Boyden
January 14, 2004
" I like business because it is competitive, because it rewards deeds rather than words. I like business because it compels earnestness and does not permit me to neglect today's task while thinking about tomorrow. I like business because it undertakes to please, not reform; because it is honestly selfish, thereby avoiding hypocrisy and sentimentality. I like business because it promptly penalizes mistakes, shiftlessness and inefficiency, while rewarding well those who give it the best they have in them. Lastly, I like business because each day is a fresh adventure."
R. H. Cabell
January 14, 2004
" The more you can dream the more you can do."
Michael Korda
January 12, 2004
" Don't allow a negative environment affect you; feel inside and trust your inner voice, and don't be afraid to show your abilities and talents."
Written in 2004 by M. Nazario --- Puerto Rico
January 12, 2004
" They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time."
John Stuart Mill
January 12, 2004
" Keep on going, and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down."
Charles F. Kettering
January 7, 2004
" A failure is not the barometer of your potential."
Copyright © 2003 Amit Bajaj
January 7, 2004
" Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs, which we endure, help us in our marching on."
Henry Ford
January 7, 2004
" Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."
Henri Frederic Amiel
January 5, 2004
" Some things aren't worth the pain they cause and others are worth fighting for."
Copyright © 2003 Michael Faulisi
You never know unless you try and if you want something bad enough, don't stop until you get it.
January 5, 2004
" Every wrong decision is in fact a correct decision but taken at a wrong time... So my friends...don't regret...don't stop...keep walking ahead."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dinesh Girap --- Maharashtra, India
January 5, 2004
" Waves never crash; they become the ocean."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.R. --- Ontario, Canada
December 17, 2003
" Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmations that destiny can do nothing but obey."
Douchan Gersi
December 17, 2003
" Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems."
Brian Tracy
December 17, 2003
" Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic."
Jean Sibelius
December 15, 2003
" Dream big and dare to fail."
Norman Vaughn --- Submitted by Elyse Lucas --- Iowa
This quote encourages me to never give up and to take chances. At some point in your life, you may have to risk all that you have and all that you are, but your dreams are always worth it.
December 15, 2003
" I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation."
Mike Todd
December 15, 2003
" A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
Duke Ellington
December 10, 2003
If you play the game like you're losing,
If you run the race like you're behind,
You will find yourself winning
At least most of the time.
Copyright © 2003 Larry Bennett
December 10, 2003
" Fight! Be somebody! If you have lost confidence in yourself, make believe you are somebody else… somebody who has brains and act like that person."
Sol Hess
December 10, 2003
" Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure."
Anthony Robbins
December 8, 2003
" You may delay, but time will not. The clock keeps ticking - begin today."
Adaptation in 2001 by Lyndia Grant
You may delay, but time will not. --- Benjamin Franklin
December 8, 2003
" Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson."
Roger Craig
December 8, 2003
" Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."
Dale Carnegie
December 3, 2003
" For purposes of action, nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will."
Henri Frédéric Amiel
December 3, 2003
" I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal."
Twyla Tharpe
December 3, 2003
" I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition."
Jean-Claude Killy
December 1, 2003
" First you fuel the desire, then the desire will fuel you."
Napoleon Hill --- Submitted by Amer Khan --- Punjab, Pakistan
December 1, 2003
" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed."
Bernard Edmunds --- Submitted by Fabritzzio Ricci --- Georgia
December 1, 2003
" It's your attitude that counts. You may live through the dark night and wait for it to pass on so the sun dawns and shines upon you ... .. or you may realize that this dark night has brought with it a million other suns, each one a giant when we look at ours, and each one trying to woo you with its twinkle. And somewhere close by, we have the moon too."
Copyright © 2003 Sorabh Sodhani
November 19, 2003
" There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock."
Warren G. Harding
November 19, 2003
" Anger doesn't win games."
Gary Beban
November 19, 2003
" You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect."
Charles H. Spurgeon
November 17, 2003
" If you get knocked down, don't stay down...REBOUND!"
BattleSoul --- Submitted by Gabriel Corchado --- New York
The road to success has many obstacles. If you trip and fall, don't stay down. Get back up, dust yourself off and keep on going. Winners never quit and quitters never win.
November 17, 2003
" We aim above the mark to hit the mark."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
November 17, 2003
" It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
November 12, 2003
" To achieve the impossible, one must think the absurd; to look where everyone else has looked, but to see what no one else has seen."
Unknown
November 12, 2003
" Seek not outside yourself; success is within."
Mary Lou Cook
November 12, 2003
" Winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts."
Sylvester Stallone
November 10, 2003
" I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret."
Anthony Robbins
November 10, 2003
" When you miss a shot, never think of what you did wrong. Take the next shot thinking of what you must do right."
Tony Alfonso
November 10, 2003
" There are so many negatives in our society. To be on the cover of a magazine these days, you have to have been through drug rehab three times. What message is this giving to young people? But there are positives in our society and I try to surround myself with good-natured, positive people."
Mary Lou Retton
November 5, 2003
" The strength of the team is each individual member...the strength of each member is the team."
Phil Jackson
November 5, 2003
" Most people have the will to win; few have the will to prepare to win."
Bobby Knight
November 5, 2003
" Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event."
Brian Tracy
November 3, 2003
" Winners expect to win in advance. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Author Unknown
November 3, 2003
" To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all is lost - who can say this is not greatness?"
William Makepeace Thackeray
November 3, 2003
" Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory."
Miguel de Cervantes
October 29, 2003
" Becoming a star may not be in your destiny, but being the best that you can be is a goal you can set for yourselves."
Bryan Lindsay
October 29, 2003
" Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."
Earl Nightingale
October 29, 2003
" Stride forward with a firm, steady step, knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will attain every aim."
Eileen Caddy
October 27, 2003
" If we don't change what is in our mind, we cannot change what we are doing."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Edwin Mensah --- Kumasi, Ghana
All our actions are governed by what we feed our mind with.
October 27, 2003
" It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."
Anthony Robbins
October 27, 2003
" Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."
Les Brown
October 22, 2003
" All you need to be a champion is the opportunity."
Copyright © 2003 Jeremy R. Green
October 22, 2003
" People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents."
Andrew Carnegie
October 22, 2003
" One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals."
Michael Korda
October 20, 2003
" You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do."
A J Kitt - 4-Time US Olympian
October 20, 2003
" People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
George H. Allen
October 20, 2003
" Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct."
Thomas Carlyle
October 15, 2003
" What you are today is a product of what you did yesterday. What you are tomorrow is a product of what do today. Make every second count!"
Copyright © 2002 Christie Jean-Baptiste
October 15, 2003
" Nothing is so difficult that it cannot be accomplished by diligence."
Terence
October 15, 2003
" If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement."
Hsun Tzu
October 13, 2003
" There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between."
Pat Riley
October 13, 2003
" The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need."
Warren G. Bennis
October 13, 2003
" Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates."
Magic Johnson
October 8, 2003
" We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
October 8, 2003
" Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen."
Dr. Robert Jarvik
October 8, 2003
" Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough."
Richard M. Devos
October 6, 2003
" An ounce of action is better than a ton of words."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ilam P. --- Pondy, India
People who go after what they want and willing to pay the price get it; the people who talk about it and do nothing never have a chance. Action is Power!
October 6, 2003
" Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."
Denis Waitley
October 6, 2003
" Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation."
Robert H. Schuller
October 1, 2003
" It doesn't matter how rocky the road may be. The road will clear if you keep walking."
Copyright © 2003 Monica Strihavka
Like many others, I've had a lot of obstacles thrown in my path. Though some others give up, I will keep going till I reach the success that I want, even if it may be a difficult trip.
October 1, 2003
" There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more."
Woody Hayes
October 1, 2003
" If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning isn't very exciting."
Dick Vermiel
September 29, 2003
" If the game weren't challenging everyone would do it. The challenge is what makes it great."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alex F., Age 14 --- Illinois
September 29, 2003
" What kind of man would live a life without daring? Is life so sweet that we should criticize men that seek adventure? Is there a better way to die?"
Charles Lindbergh
September 29, 2003
" In sports, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make the fastest progress and those who ultimately become their best make extensive use of mental imagery. They use it daily as a means of directing what will happen in training, and as a way of pre-experiencing their best competition performances."
Terry Orlick
September 24, 2003
" If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are its rewards."
Paul "Bear" Bryant --- Submitted by Suzanne S. --- Alabama
September 24, 2003
" When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing!"
Bo Schembechler
September 24, 2003
" All the problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, its spines crumble."
William S. Halsey
September 22, 2003
" We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."
Miyazawa Kenji
September 22, 2003
" Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, and anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass."
Ron Jaworski
September 22, 2003
" A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."
Sydney Smith
September 17, 2003
I've got hope, I've got dreams and I have aspirations.
I don't need to climb mountains; I don't need to build nations.
What I do need is the courage to look deep inside,
Cos I'm me and from me I know I can't hide.
I don't wish to fly, I'm quite happy to glide.
I am who I am and I'll be me with pride.
Copyright © 2003 Patrick Kelly
September 17, 2003
" The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
Joseph Campbell
September 17, 2003
" You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being -- not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money -- but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason."
Wayne Dyer
September 15, 2003
" Always have a positive attitude; negativity will you get you nowhere."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.S. --- Illinois
September 15, 2003
" I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist."
Paul Harvey
September 15, 2003
" Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin."
Robert Collier
September 10, 2003
" Your legacy will not be based on what you accomplished, but by what those who you mentored will accomplish."
Copyright © 2003 WC Raffel
September 10, 2003
" For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream."
Emmitt Smith
September 10, 2003
" People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society."
Vince Lombardi
September 8, 2003
" Don't let your inner fear tell you that you can't do something. Laugh in its face and prove it wrong!"
Copyright © 2003 Monica Strihavka
I wrote this quote to help motivate me to take risks and not be afraid of taking action in order to achieve the success that I wanted. I hope it inspires others in the same way.
September 8, 2003
" There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."
Norman Vincent Peale
September 8, 2003
" Most people have a desire to look at the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional."
John C. Maxwell
September 3, 2003
" Perfection and Success is a combination lock that can be opened with the key of attitude, ability, hard work, and a will to learn."
Copyright © 2003 Aarathy Parthasarathy
September 3, 2003
" Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it."
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
September 3, 2003
" You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning."
Barbara Sher
August 27, 2003
" Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."
Anne Frank --- Submitted by Jackie K., Age 14 --- Georgia
August 27, 2003
" When work, commitment and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well
where passion lives, nothing is impossible."
Nancy Coey
August 27, 2003
" There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."
William Bennett
August 25, 2003
" You can only become truly ACCOMPLISHED at something you LOVE.
Don't make MONEY your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and
then do them SO WELL that people can't take their eyes off of YOU."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Matt Hemberger --- Ohio
August 25, 2003
" Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition -
in having put forth the best within you."
Henry J. Kaiser
August 25, 2003
" You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You feel you can win."
Sugar Ray Leonard
August 20, 2003
" When a crowd applauds at a performance, it signifies two things.
One, the achievement of a goal, and two, the beginning of a new journey."
Robert Westerberg --- Submitted by Holli C., Age 15 --- Maine
August 20, 2003
" When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.
Show the world how much you'll fight for the winner's circle.
If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack,
one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor."
Pat Riley
August 20, 2003
" Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self-determining series of
factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion
that galvanizes the backs and receivers."
Merlin Olsen
August 18, 2003
" Don't settle for being good, when you dream of being great."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Caroline D., Age 16 --- Texas
August 18, 2003
" It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
Alan Cohen
August 18, 2003
" Doubt is most often the source of our powerlessness. To doubt is to be faithless, to be without hope or belief. When we doubt, our self-talk sounds like this: 'I don't think I can. I don't think I will.'... To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome. It is to believe in the perverseness of the universe, that even if I do well, something I don't know about will get in the way, sabotage me, or get me in the end."
Blaine Lee
August 13, 2003
" Success is an inspiration; failure is an experience."
Copyright © 2003 Srikanth Kavirayani
August 13, 2003
" All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible."
Orison Swett Marden
August 13, 2003
" I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club."
Red Auerbach
August 11, 2003
" I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Michael Jordan --- Submitted by Casey E. Faucon --- Louisiana
August 11, 2003
" The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become."
Harold Taylor
August 11, 2003
" No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you."
Althea Gibson
August 6, 2003
WHATEVER IT TAKES....................................
"Whatever it takes, make the sacrifice. Whatever it makes, enjoy the benefit. Whatever it takes, make the effort. Whatever it makes, enjoy the reward. Whatever it takes, pay the price. Whatever it makes, relish the accomplishment."
Copyright © 2003 Ed Devine
August 6, 2003
" There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes."
Victor Marie Hugo
August 6, 2003
" A great manager has a knack for making ball players think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you. He makes you get more out of yourself. And once you learn how really good you are, you never settle for playing anything less than your best."
Reggie Jackson
August 4, 2003
" Down the road of life, you can either see obstacles coming and run the other way, or you can take these obstacles as they come, fight your way through them, and be stronger because of them."
Written in 2003 by S.S. --- Alabama
August 4, 2003
" There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become."
Orison Swett Marden
August 4, 2003
" Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible-not to have to run away."
Dag Hammarksjold
July 30, 2003
" An ideal team is like a good fruit-giving tree; the leader its trunk, the members its branches, their efforts its roots; and the fruits are there for all to see."
Copyright © 2003 CV Varghese
July 30, 2003
" I have to get the most energy out of a man and have discovered that it cannot be done if he hates another man. Hate blocks his energy and he isn't up to par until he eliminates it and develops a friendly feeling...(towards all his teammates.)"
Knute Rockne
July 30, 2003
" You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."
Zig Ziglar
July 28, 2003
" You are not your circumstances; you are your possibilities."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ilam P. --- Pondy, India
Heard Oprah saying this but not sure if it was original
July 28, 2003
" You've got to have a plan and the best time to complete it is the night before. That way you'll wake up motivated and you won't be floundering around for half a day just defining what you want to accomplish."
Tom Hopkins
July 28, 2003
" Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal."
Mario Andretti
July 23, 2003
" Start from where you are with what you have; make something of it - never be satisfied."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anuradha Joshi--- Maharashtra, India
July 23, 2003
" Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight."
Orison Swett Marden
July 23, 2003
" Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out."
James B. Conant
July 21, 2003
" It's better to move forward with your head held high, because the post is not going to move out of your way!"
Written by S.B. --- Victoria, Australia
This quote relates to being positive, because we cannot see forward if we do not look. Good things come out of being positive.
July 21, 2003
Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only of the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press onto greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give as much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
Christian Dwight Larson (1902 - 1978)
July 21, 2003
" If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
Vincent Van Gogh
July 16, 2003
" Excellent composure in times of defeat is an excellent display of inner strength."
Copyright © 2003 Jose B. Cabajar
July 16, 2003
" Your attitude determines your action. Your action determines your accomplishment."
John Maxwell
July 16, 2003
" Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death."
Betty Bender
July 14, 2003
" Efficiency is a performance where your good becomes better, and better becomes best."
Copyright © 2003 B. Radha Krishna
July 14, 2003
" 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."
Dale Carnegie
July 14, 2003
" The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."
Robert G. Ingersoll
July 9, 2003
" Winning isn't always a victory & losing isn't always a defeat!"
Copyright © 2003 Aman Kalra
Always remember in life...There are people better than you; there are people worst than you... BUT, there will never be anyone who's YOU !!
July 9, 2003
" It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task, which more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome."
William James
July 9, 2003
" I am a big believer in the 'mirror test'. All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that you've done your best."
John McKay
July 7, 2003
" If you let failure become a stopping point, then it remains failure. If you can get up and carry on, it becomes a lesson."
Copyright © 2003 Darrel Lee
July 7, 2003
" We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell. We all leak oil."
Lee Trevino
July 7, 2003
" Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again."
W. Clement Stone
July 2, 2003
" Every time I stepped on the field, I believed my team was going to walk off the winner, somehow, someway."
Roger Staubach
July 2, 2003
" Ambition is not a vice of little people."
Michel de Montaigne
July 2, 2003
" No one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance."
Merlin Olsen
June 30, 2003
" Great teams win championships, not great players."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Colby P., Age 16 --- PE, Canada
This is simply saying that the star players don't win the championships, it's the good teams that do. That was shown in the 2003 Stanley Cup finals with New Jersey having really not superstars.
June 30, 2003
" Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure, Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing."
H. Stanley Judd
June 30, 2003
" We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory."
Cicero
June 25, 2003
" Dream your dream. Follow your heart. Imagine. Listen to the wind. Drink sunsets. Be free. Let the wonder never cease. Believe. Wish on EVERY star. Create adventure. Be Kind."
Debbie Coulter --- Submitted by Jacquie Currie --- Victoria, Australia
For someone who's been to hell and back, this lady knows what she's talking about. Debbie is my brother's Art teacher, a lover of Angels and everything that goes along with it. In this little paragraph I think she sums up everything that is needed to enjoy life, and believe in yourself. Love you Deb... and your angels.
June 25, 2003
" You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance."
Lee J. Iacocca
June 25, 2003
" There are two kinds of success. One is the rare kind that comes to the person who has the power to do what no one else has the power to do. That is genius. But the average person who wins what we call success is not a genius. That person is a man or woman who has merely the ordinary qualities that they share with their fellows, but has developed those ordinary qualities to a more than ordinary degree."
Theodore Roosevelt
June 23, 2003
" Cars are like people......each has parts dependant on one another......each has parts that can work aside from one another......It is the teamwork that gives energy and life."
Copyright © 2003 Shawn Fleming
June 23, 2003
" Don't be afraid to fail.
Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure,
Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge.
Its OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing."
H. Stanley Judd
June 23, 2003
" Inches make a champion."
Vince Lombardi
June 2003
" It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired--you quit when the gorilla is tired."
Robert Strauss --- Submitted by S. Shankle --- Arkansas
You can never give up on a goal. To do so, is conceding to defeat. You can alter your course or tackle it head on...but never give up.
" One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
" When there's unity, there's victory!"
Copyright © 2003 Mohd Dzuleqhmal
June 16, 2003
" Today I will do what you won't, so tomorrow I can do what you can't."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julia Hunt --- Missouri
June 16, 2003
" There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it."
Napoleon Hill
June 16, 2003
" The word "IMPOSSIBLE" has got a great message to all of us that is "I" "M" "POSSIBLE". So we should not blame Mr. Impossible for our failures that just because he came in our way and we landed in a failures land. Instead he has got a great message to deliver to us. Just think it other way."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhawandeep Singh --- Punjab/Rajpura, India
June 11, 2003
" I found that if I could find the energy then I could find the determination to keep on going. I learned that your mind can amaze your body, if you just keep telling yourself, I can do it, I can do it, and I can do it."
Jon Erickson
June 11, 2003
" The foundation of excellence lies in self control."
H.L. Baugher
June 11, 2003
" Risk anything! Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself."
Katherine Mansfield
June 9, 2003
" It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them."
Lou Holtz
June 9, 2003
" Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture. Do not build obstacles in your imagination. Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can."
Norman Vincent Peale
June 9, 2003
" I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."
Arnold Palmer
June 4, 2003
" Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."
Napoleon Hill
June 4, 2003
" Follow your dream; take one step at a time and, despite the challenges, continue to climb."
Author Unknown
June 4, 2003
" I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best."
Akeem Olajuwon
June 2, 2003
" Traveling through exterior circumstances is always challenging. How you choose to handle them determines whether you arrive a survivor, or a champion."
Copyright © 2003 Caroline Walker
Are you just a survivor, or are you a champion? Which destination will you choose?
June 2, 2003
" The time, the effort, the pain, the passion, the strength, and the courage; you sacrificed it all for the love of the game. Happiness, spirit, dreams, success, respect, and enthusiasm; you gained it all from the love of the game."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.M., Age 14 --- Wisconsin
Work your hardest and it will pay off in the end, trust me.
June 2, 2003
" Success is not forever, and failure is never final."
Don Shula
May 30, 2003
" Players (Workers, Children) know they are important not when you tell them they are but when at important times you play them."
Mike Babcock (Coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks) --- Submitted by Bob Holbrook --- California
I saw this quote in action. One Mighty Duck player made a mistake that cost the team a goal. He was back on the ice the next shift and made up for his mistake by being in position to score a goal.
May 30, 2003
" In life we are seeking a final destination but to get to that destination we need a vehicle. You are that vehicle. But just as an exotic sports car is only worth the money if it's driven, you're only reaching your potential if you are driven!"
Copyright © 2003 Darren Berline
May 30, 2003
" There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control."
Leo F. Buscaglia
May 28, 2003
" People are not jealous of your success but are angry at their own failures."
Written in 2003 by V. KK --- Maharastra, India
May 28, 2003
" Power is measured by heart. Heart is measured by Determination. Determination is measured by pride. So always give your best at everything you do and you will succeed."
Written in 2003 by M. Surber
May 28, 2003
" To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When the battle is won for all time, then everything is easy."
Thomas A. Buckner
May 21, 2003
" Others as much they try,
As much they try to put you to misery
Keep your head up
Be positive and work hard
And you will go down in the history...."
Copyright © 2003 Osama Malik
No matter what people say or do negatively to bring you down, try never to care. Just work hard and believe in yourself; as if your destined to be one of the greatest, at whatever you do.
May 21, 2003
" Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."
General Omar Nelson Bradley
May 21, 2003
" What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."
Alexander Graham Bell
May 19, 2003
" To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed."
Bernard Emmons
May 19, 2003
" Consistent winners refuse to wait for breaks to happen."
Jack Whitaker
May 19, 2003
" Sometimes you have to lose major golf championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are."
Tom Watson
May 14, 2003
" Inspiration comes from others. Motivation comes from within."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Peter F. --- Ontario, Canada
This quote is on my wall. By going to the gym, and educating myself through magazine articles and tv shows, I now weigh 190 pounds. In 1999, I weighed 295 pounds. I am now an inspiration to smokers and overweight people. I never thought a shy, modest guy like myself would ever become an "inspiration"...but it feels kinda cool.
May 14, 2003
" Bravery is the whore of war who only flirts with the most honorable soldiers."
Copyright © 1991 David Farley Hurlbert
I was serving in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War and I wrote this in a letter home postmarked 21 February 1991.
May 14, 2003
" Learning to live in the present tense--one that's free from the failures of the past and the anxieties of the future--is a wonderful gift, and one you always should be striving for."
Rick Pitino --- Submitted by Jill W. --- Pennsylvania
May 12, 2003
" Motivation is not the same thing as enthusiasm. When you have no enthusiasm, when you are discouraged, when things look bleakest, and you STILL take action towards your goal--that is motivation."
Copyright © 2003 Dr. Sander Marcus
May 12, 2003
" Life is simply what you make it, never compromise what you believe in for anyone. Live your life to the fullest, always believe that you can be whatever you want to be. If you find something in life that you love, stick with it; don't give it up! Last but not least, don't let anyone steal your joy because it's your and it belongs to you."
Copyright © 2003 LaTonya Bowie
May 12, 2003
" It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right."
Arthur T. Hadley
May 7, 2003
" Easy does not mean is good,
Tough does not mean is bad."
Copyright © 2000 Simon E.K.Looi
May 7, 2003
" Failure is never quite so frightening as regret. Aim for the sky, and reach for the stars."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by David Wyatt --- VIC, Australia
May 7, 2003
" People are able to achieve virtually ANYTHING they put their minds to. So, with that in mind, consider that ANYTHING therefore IS possible. We are restrained only by the boundaries of our imagination."
Copyright © 2003 Tim Day
May 5, 2003
" Every great achievement is the product of either great risk or great sacrifice."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Porter --- South Carolina
May 5, 2003
" Life is like playing Cricket; you need to be on the wicket to SCORE.
So, do not QUIT, STAY on the wicket."
Copyright © 2003 Mehul Gandhi
I am not a professional author. This is my own experience.
May 5, 2003
" You better believe in yourself--if you don't, who else will?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.V. --- Washington
April 30, 2003
" The difference between the impossible and possible lies in a person's determination."
Tommy Lasorda
April 30, 2003
" All greatness is achieved while performing outside your comfort zone."
Greg Arnold
April 30, 2003
" Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait."
Thomas Edison
April 28, 2003
" Every successful business in the world is in existence because its founder recognized in a problem or need an opportunity to be of service to others. Every problem or need in your life is in reality an opportunity to call forth inner resources of wisdom, love, strength, and ability."
J. Sig Paulson
April 28, 2003
" Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that insures the success outcome of our venture."
William James
April 25, 2003
" Whenever I hear, "It can't be done," I know I'm close to success."
Michael Flatley
April 25, 2003
" People become quite remarkable when they start thinking they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."
Norman Vincent Peale
April 23, 2003
" I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."
Gale Sayers
April 23, 2003
" Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work."
Vince Lombardi
April 21, 2003
" Risk anything! Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself."
Katherine Mansfield
April 21, 2003
" Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do."
William Channing
April 18, 2003
" First comes thought, then organization of that thought into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
Napoleon Hill
April 18, 2003
" When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or willpower."
Maxwell Maltz
April 16, 2003
" Giving up is for those who never intended to be great, but only posed so that we could admire what they would never become."
George Stoichev --- Submitted by Ryan S., Age 14 --- Illinois
April 16, 2003
" The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights."
Muhammad Ali --- Submitted by Kris C., Age 17 --- Florida
This makes me want to go out and practice
April 14, 2003
Live a little,
Learn a little,
Give a little,
Take a little,
Feel a little,
Touch a little.
Always remember a little goes a long way.
Imitor Iiams --- Submitted by O.I. --- Lagos, Nigeria
April 14, 2003
" Dreams are never destroyed by circumstances. They are born in the heart and the mind and only there can they ever die. For while the difficult takes time, the impossible just takes a little longer."
Art E. Berg --- Submitted by Kristen C. --- Tennessee
April 11, 2003
" Everyday you are faced with choices; those choices make your future... so why not make a choice that makes your future a better place?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ryan Marble --- Oregon
April 11, 2003
" I have never enjoyed failure, so I have always avoided it by never giving up and always learning from my mistakes. It is only when you don't try and don't learn from your experiences that you truly fail."
Copyright © 2003 Brandon Mensing
April 9, 2003
" If a man does not fear, then that is his weakness."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Grant SP Ormerod --- Lancashire, United Kingdom
You see this quote occur so often, mainly when elite teams play the teams of the lower divisions. The elite teams have no fear of the lower teams, then the lower team wins.
April 9, 2003
Take a risk,
Take a chance,
Join the club,
Join the dance,
Learn to fly,
Learn to soar,
Strive for Joy,
Strive for more,
Be brave-just do,
Be brave, be YOU!
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erica C. --- Pennsylvania
April 7, 2003
" Don't let your success's get to your head, and don't take your failures to heart."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kelly D. --- Minnesota
April 7, 2003
" Take heart. Get out of your own way."
Author Unknown
April 4, 2003
" Being a champion means never having to give excuses."
Copyright © 2003 Philip Lee
Young sportsmen may find this quote useful.
April 4, 2003
" Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."
Erica Jong
April 2, 2003
" Winning is believing ..... we believe!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shawn Arial --- Minor Hockey Coach - Cumberland, Ontario
Quote I posted on the wall before our championship game...
April 2, 2003
" Winners makes commitments, losers makes promises."
Copyright © 2003 Mohd Dzuleqhmal
March 31, 2003 " Talent is God-given.....be thankful; Praise is man-given.....be humble; Success is self-given.....be careful." Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts --- Submitted by Scott Franzose --- Maine I heard coach Dungy use this quote when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it's always stayed with me. Be thankful for talents, for they are truly gifts from God.....be humble of praise from others, for they are only words.....and above all, be careful when judging oneself, for only you can truly determine the extent of your success. March 31, 2003 " Faith + Hard Work = MIRACLE" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nancy Tan --- Singapore March 28, 2003 " To be happy is to be happy to be." Copyright © 1999 Sonny Melendrez March 28, 2003 " If it weren't for the rocks in the bed, the stream would have no song." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Betty Simmons --- Kansas This has given me much motivation through the years March 26, 2003 " I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality." Frida Kahlo - (1907-1954) Mexican Painter March 26, 2003 " Do not turn back when you are just at the goal." Pubilius Syrus - (43 BC) March 24, 2003 " If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination." Napoleon Hill March 24, 2003 " As is our confidence, so is our capacity." William Hazlitt March 21, 2003 " Anything is possible to overcome if you learn from your failures and believe in yourself." Copyright © 2003 Carson Nemoto March 21, 2003 " Let up for a second and that is where you will finish." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eric Horde --- Florida March 19, 2003 " Change is the result of action. Action is the result of an idea." Copyright © 2001 Dune Patten In this new century, we as artists must proceed from that which is real and true to the life of the Spirit. March 19, 2003 " Perfecting the past blurs your focus of the future." Copyright © 2003 Marvin Davis March 17, 2003 " True motivation comes from within - from the willingness to see a dream fulfilled - from the desire to leave the world better than you found it." Copyright © 2003 Steve Brunkhorst March 17, 2003 " Be committed to your dreams, rather than to your fears." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Malik Mansoor --- Hyd, AP, India March 14, 2003 " Are you going to focus on your fears or on your goals?" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nicole A. --- Massachusetts One of my high school teachers would always say this to her students. I always think of this quote and always try to reach my goals. March 14, 2003 " One who doesn't make mistakes makes doesn't make anything." English Proverb --- Submitted by Misty Ganser --- Wisconsin I found this quote on the Internet and it helped me to realize that every one of us makes mistakes. Although it isn't about the mistake(s); it's about what you learn from the mistake(s) and how you use what you learn from the mistake(s) in your life that counts. March 12, 2003 " If I listened to what everyone else told me to do, my life would be bits and pieces of everyone else's life, rather than my own!" Written in 1973 by D. Cunningham March 12, 2003 " The divorce between thought and action leaves you subjugated." Copyright © 2003 Muni Raju AV March 10, 2003 " The toughest opponent you will ever face is the fear within. Once you conquer that opponent, you can conquer the world!" Coach Galvan --- Submitted by Rodrigo Galvan --- Illinois March 10, 2003 " Pride is a personal commitment; it is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason M. --- Indiana March 7, 2003 " The difference between postponement and achievement....is fulfillment." Copyright © 2003 Elaine Pawson March 7, 2003 " In the middle of every ocean of difficulty is an island of opportunity." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ryan C. --- Wisconsin March 5, 2003 " The fruit is ripe and on the tree. It's up to you to pick it!" Copyright © 2002 Shaunic Stinson March 5, 2003 " Champions are made when no one is watching." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jim B., Age 16 --- Maryland, United States Basically says that no one sees the hard work and dedication of a champion, all they see is the final product. Also shows that anyone can reach their goals, even if no one believes in them but themselves. March 3, 2003 " If today you're nothing, then tomorrow you'll be something." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Philidor Larispique --- Connecticut March 3, 2003 " If he can do it, then I can do it!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carlos Pryor --- California February 28, 2003 " Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it." Rick Pitino --- Submitted by Jill W. --- Pennsylvania February 28, 2003 " If you're ever lacking confidence in yourself, know that your teammates have confidence in you-and that should be all that you need." Stephanie Salter February 26, 2003 " Dreams are a place where the impossible becomes alive." Copyright © 1999 Lisa Borgioli February 26, 2003 " Never Die Easy." Walter Payton --- Submitted by Nick E., Age 17 --- Ohio Walter Payton said it best, "Never Die Easy". Don't let up until you hear that final blow of the whistle. Everything in life is worth fighting for. Make no regrets. February 24, 2003 " Fear is nothing but an emotion, weakness is a trait, so whatever we fear only makes us look weak. Fear nothing." Copyright © 2003 Ryan Wingerter February 24, 2003 " Try the best, be the best, beat the best, all the best, and be the best of the best." Copyright © 2003 Choo Yee February 21, 2003 " Never settle for average, it's as close to the bottom as it is to the top." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nicole B., Age 16 --- Michigan February 21, 2003 " The only difference between failing and falling is whether or not you choose to get up." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Molly T., Age 18 --- Georgia February 19, 2003 " If your coach is making bad decisions, take it upon yourself and take your team to victory. Whether you win or lose, you know you can look back on it and know people looked up to you for it." Copyright © 2003 Hannah Lefler February 19, 2003 " As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." Andrew Carnegie February 17, 2003 " Anybody can be a sailor when the sun is shining but when the storm comes, can you stay on the boat?" Copyright © 2000 Mark Saunders February 17, 2003 Just Remember: " Sometimes the things that tie you to the deck are the things that keep you afloat." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jess L., Age 16 --- Massachusetts February 14, 2003 " We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been." George Eliot February 14, 2003 " The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after generation." Pearl S. Buck February 12, 2003 " Today, not tomorrow; Now, not later." Copyright © 2002 Nikki Segovia February 12, 2003 " To try your hardest and fail, is far better than never trying because in doing so, at least you get somewhere." Written in 2003 by Elise R., Age 16 --- Texas February 10, 2003 " Talent is great but overrated. Determination, which stems from a belief in one's ability to succeed, is usually what separates the winners from the losers." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kev O., Age 16 --- N.S.W, Australia February 10, 2003 " Being asked to give all you have is not a hard concept to grasp, but when you have all of the potential, it makes it that much tougher." Copyright © 2002 Adam Crawford February 7, 2003 " You are what you think you are, what you feel you are, and most importantly who you tell yourself you are. So think positive. Life is too short for negative thinking." Copyright © 2003 Barbara Perry February 7, 2003 " If you know WHY you want it, you'll know HOW to get it. Know the WHY; HOW will come." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nima D. --- Ontario, Canada February 5, 2003 " When you are doing something, do not start by saying I can't do it; start by saying I can make a difference." Written in 2003 by Ehmie --- Ontario, Canada February 5, 2003 " Where there's a will, there's an A." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alicia Szumski --- Indiana My brother and his roommate had posted this in their dorm room at Purdue their freshman year. February 3, 2003 " Dreams are challenging, but challenges are what we live for!" Travis White --- Submitted by Amanda S. --- Texas February 3, 2003 " If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it, If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." Nora Roberts --- Submitted by C.S. --- Illinois January 31, 2003 " With tenacity, audacity, and simplicity thou shall overcome." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason Lagesse --- Virginia January 29, 2003 " I like pressure. If I am not on the edge of failure, I'm not being sufficiently challenged." Jewel --- Submitted by Jackie K., Age 14 --- Georgia January 29, 2003 " I always have Hope, nothing Less." Vidya --- Submitted by Ali Asgar Nagaria --- Maharashtra, India I now know what to say when someone says 'It's hopeless'. Thanks Vidya. January 27, 2003 " People are like pebbles. Everything around them shapes them into a new form, changing them with the slightest touch. In the end, a pebble will always be a pebble and you will still be you." Author Unknown --- Submitted by H. Hughes --- Massachusetts I'm not sure why I wrote this down one day but it made sense to me and I hope it makes sense personally for whoever reads it. January 27, 2003 " Fear of failure can lead to failure, for if you think it, you can achieve it." Copyright © 2003 Dia Forrester Unfortunately, I know exactly how that feels. I feared failure and I have been confronted with my biggest fear. January 24, 2003 " The longer the anticipation, the greater the appreciation." Copyright © 1995 Sydney E. Flax January 24, 2003 " Life is work; work is life. Life is effort; effort is life." Copyright © 2000 George Tregea January 22, 2003 " Whenever I realize I am wrong, I change my mind. What do you do?" John Maynard Keynes --- Submitted by Benjaimn Acquaye --- Surbiton, United Kingdom I found this comment very interesting and motivating. It encourages us to be true to ourselves and admit it when we get superior information/arguments. January 22, 2003 " Champions are people who carry on from where others let go." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ilampooranan P. --- Pondicherry, India Champions are the people who fight one more round when it looks impossible. January 20, 2003 " Insecurity breeds greatness. To get to the top in virtually anything today, you really have to make a superhuman effort. You won't ever find a superachiever anywhere who wasn't or isn't motivated, at least partially, by a sense of insecurity." Ted Turner --- Submitted by Bandana Karki --- Kathmandu, Nepal Well, there are so many insecurities within all of us. If we let these insecurities motivate us, we could really achieve something in life. The choice is with us friends, whether we wallow in self-pity and let our insecurities make us inferior or let it motivate us like Ted Turner. January 20, 2003 " The best strategy for the race of life is to get out front from the start and set the pace, then in the last 200 meters, unleash a wicked kick and break away from the pack." Byrnez --- Submitted by Dave B., Age 17 --- Illinois This is intended to motivate people to live life to the fullest and not settle for anything less then 1st place. January 17, 2003 " Don't look back unless you want to go back." Phil Harbolt --- Submitted by Jessica Snyder --- Ohio This is a very special quote for me. It was told to me by a coach on the day of a very important game that we ended up losing. It makes me think to never give up hope. Things will always get better. January 15, 2003 " The only two people who can help you through a difficult period, or help you achieve an outstanding goal, are YOU and YOURSELF." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Grant Stephen-Paul Ormerod --- England, United Kingdom The only person who can make a difference is you and you alone. January 15, 2003 " A workout brightens the darkest day." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gus Sperin --- England, United Kingdom January 13, 2003 " Everyone is born with talent. Smart people use it." Copyright © 2002 Shane Tickner January 13, 2003 " If life throws you a curve ball, hit a grand slam off of it." Copyright © 2001 T. Shrigley January 10, 2003 " Quitting is not an option. I will not let anyone on this team quit." Herman Edwards --- Submitted by P.N. --- New Jersey This was said to the New York Jets when they had a record of 2-5. They went on to win the AFC East Division January 10, 2003 " No feat facing us is as important as our attitude towards it... for that determines our success or failure." Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Lauwers --- Oregon This is something that was said by a Hockey coach of mine, in regards not only to hockey but everyday life, and has stuck with me for over 10 years now. January 8, 2003 " Don't wear your problem on your face, no matter the situation. Be cheerful always because your smile can brighten somebody's day and attract solutions to your problem." Bishop Leonard Umunna --- Submitted by Samuel Taiwo --- Lagos, Nigeria January 8, 2003 " If you do the do's, the don'ts don't matter." Copyright © 1996 Michael Eastland January 6, 2003 " When facing a difficult decision remember that few things are as good as they may seem, few things are as bad as they seem, and few decisions are as final as they seem." Copyright © 2002 Harry Foster I came up with this "quote" as I have faced decisions in my life. Perhaps it will help others. January 6, 2003 " To try and fail is but to learn; To fail to try is to suffer the inestimable value of what might have been." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie Feliciano --- Quezon City, Philippines Hope this quote, which I learned 40 yrs ago and tried to live by, will help others. December 23, 2002 " You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat." Christy Mathewson (Baseball Hall of Famer) --- Submitted by Jon S., Age 14 --- Wisconsin December 23, 2002 " You can take the road that leads you to the stars. I'll take the one that sees me through." Copyright © 2002 Devonna Stanhope This is about hard work. You have to make things happen. Go out there and start a fire, get involved! December 20, 2002 " Always look forward; into the future... your past is behind you for a reason." J. Chinnic --- Submitted by J.C., Age 19 --- Ontario, Canada Learn from your mistakes and experiences, good and bad, but don't ever dwell on them. When you do dwell on the past, you waste your future. December 20, 2002 " In cross-country there are no time-outs, no breaks, and no one is benched. Cross-country is a sport, not a game." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mariela R. --- Florida December 18, 2002 " Opportunities are like "Kodak Moments." They are only captured when one is prepared to take the shot." Copyright © 1998 Lonnie Barker Jr. --- Submitted by L. Barker --- Oklahoma December 18, 2002 " All the good things in life are born in dreams. Be a dreamer." Author Unknown --- Submitted by H.M., Age 15 --- New South Wales, Australia December 16, 2002 " I will not live afraid and I won't be afraid to live." T.K. --- Submitted by T. King --- Alabama December 16, 2002 " Don't Back Down!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.K.--- Massachusetts Our football team has always followed this simple phrase but it works well in all aspects of life. If you want something, go and get it. December 13, 2002 " There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Namita Lamsal --- Kathmandu, Nepal December 13, 2002 " We have it in our power to begin the world again." Thomas Paine December 11, 2002 " There are two types of pain in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret." Author Unknown ---- Submitted by N. Moudry --- Minnesota As a an educator and a coach, I have used this concept, not only in front of the classroom/wrestling room, but in my own life as well. December 11, 2002 " Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what makes you go beyond the norm." Cicely Tyson --- Submitted by Mahima Sharma --- Gujrat, India December 9, 2002 " Don't be afraid of doing what you need to do." Author Unknown ---Submitted by S.P. December 9, 2002 " Through the ashes of my monumental failure shall rise the empire of my success." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aussie Molina --- Baguio, Philippines What ever happens, you'rr still going to win this game.... December 6, 2002 " Some succeed because they're destined; others succeed because they're DETERMINED!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Peter Rose --- Ireland December 6, 2002 " The goal of a winner should be excellence, not perfection." Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.M. --- Idaho December 4, 2002 " It's not achieving the goal that's important, it's the journey that took you there. Enjoy the ride!!!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by P. Pepper --- P.Q., Canada December 4, 2002 " Not everyday is roses." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian Bog --- New Jersey You have good days and bad days. A man told me this while we were digging a 7 foot hole in the street. It is motivation that the bad days will come along with the good. November 22, 2002 " To get something, you have to give something. What do you have to give? Your heart, mind and soul." Copyright © 2002 Jeremy Ruesing November 22, 2002 " Those who love life would rather be scared to death than bored to death." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Grant Ormerod --- England, United Kingdom November 20, 2002 " The greatest hurdle is convincing yourself that what you want is possible." Author Unknown November 18, 2002 " Never doubt your ability because if you doubt that you can do something, you set yourself up for defeat." Copyright © 2002 Tim Devaney November 18, 2002 " Never give nor take an excuse." Florence Nightingale November 15, 2002 " Don't let the sky be your limit, when we have already explored the universe." Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.A., Age 15 --- West Virginia November 15, 2002 " Life is like playing cricket. In cricket, you have to vary the bat according to the ball. Sometimes a hit or cut, other times a pull or push and even a slice. Life issues are like the ball coming in different variations. In order to succeed, the dealings should also be different." Copyright © 2002 Jagannathan Arockiam November 13, 2002 " Believe in your strength and vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'it all depends on me.'" Andre Gide November 13, 2002 " Don't fly; soar!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lesley W., Age 12 --- Washington November 11, 2002 " They say keep in mind as you move up the cliff, that the higher you climb, the further you may fall; but who wants to live life on the ground? If you keep trying, you are bound to make it to the top of the mountain." Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress November 11, 2002 " When you aim for the stars and you run out of fuel, you land on the moon." Roly Sardinas --- Submitted by John C. --- Florida November 8, 2002 " If you can see the obstacles in front of you, Then you have taken your eyes off of the goal." Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.C., Age 16 --- New York November 8, 2002 No one can make you change. No one can stop you from changing. No one really knows how you must change. Not even you. Not until you start. David Viscott --- Submitted by the Gala Family November 6, 2002 " I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down." Mia Hamm --- Submitted by Kayla Frost --- Pennsylvania This quote has helped me get through so much. I am also a soccer player, but it didn't just make me want to be the best, it helped me become the best. It helped me get through life, not give up, reach my goals. It has more meanings than one. November 6, 2002 " Never assume that your enemy or competitor is relaxing...instead, know that they are doing whatever it takes to beat you." Written in 2002 by Tiffany S., Age 17 --- Arizona, United States Never give up, guys. Live your life with no regrets. November 4, 2002 " If you believe in yourself, you can do whatever you want." David Eckstein (Shortstop World Champion Anaheim Angels) Submitted by Robert Holbrook --- California November 4, 2002 " Reflection enables an individual to realize how great they really are." Copyright © 2002 Grant Ormerod Tip: This is best printed on a mirror on the changing room doors so that all performers recognize themselves as greater than the opposition, before they play. November 1, 2002 " When playing sports it doesn't matter how big you are it's how big your confidence is." Written in 2002 by Ashley M., Age 13 --- Wisconsin All you athletes out there; go kick butt, whether you're big or small. November 1, 2002 " Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles." Bob Richards, Pole Vaulter October 30, 2002 " Talent will overcome hard work but when the talented work hard, they can overcome anything." Copyright © 2002 Grant Ormerod October 30, 2002 " When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." Audre Lorde October 28, 2002 " Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood." Charles Swindoll October 28, 2002 " It is hard to fail, worse though to have never tried at all." Copyright © 2002 Timothy Dyson October 25, 2002 " How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game; whether you are a winner or a loser." Lou Holtz October 25, 2002 If you are gonna win, win gracefully If you are gonna love, love faithfully If you are gonna learn, learn by teaching If you are gonna fall, fall reaching Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tiffany Blaszczyk --- Michigan October 23, 2002 " Positive thoughts bring positive results." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Phillip Brown --- North Carolina October 23, 2002 " Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory." Les Brown October 21, 2002 " I am not belittling the brave pioneer men, but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours." Edna Ferber October 21, 2002 " Challenges can be stepping stones or stumbling blocks. It's all in your perspective." Author Unknown October 18, 2002 " Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage." William Ellery Channing October 18, 2002 " Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt." José Ortega y Gasset October 16, 2002 " We all have that spark within us to do something great. We just have to find the motivation and the determination to get the fire going." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura G. --- Colorado October 16, 2002 " Some of our greatest lessons come from our greatest mistakes." Written in 2002 by Lauren S. --- New York October 14, 2002 " Big Dreams Create The Magic!" Copyright © 2002 Kyle Zimmerman October 14, 2002 " Take your eyes of the price and put it on the prize." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brandon C. --- Texas October 11, 2002 " Never mind if I'm the last in the race; at least I'm part of it." Copyright © 2002 Jeremy Chan October 11, 2002 " To become is hard; to be is even harder." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amber Houston --- Michigan October 9, 2002 " Defeat isn't bitter, if you don't swallow it." Helen Keller --- Submitted by D. Taylor --- Oregon October 9, 2002 " Those who ASPIRE will INSPIRE." Written in 2002 by M. Hann --- NSW, Australia October 7, 2002 " To win, you have to put your head where you wouldn't normally put your feet!" Copyright © 2002 Leigh Puttock October 7, 2002 " Opposition is like a finish line; run through it!" Copyright © 2000 Marquis D.Foster October 4, 2002 " There are as many opportunities as the stars in the sky, but you'll never reach them by gazing at them." Copyright © 2002 Bunny Clift October 4, 2002 " Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When you don't know what harbor you're aiming for, no wind is the right wind." Seneca October 2, 2002 " This is what I worked for, That is why I am here. There is no turning back now, There is No Fear." Copyright © 2002 Marquis Allen October 2, 2002 " Things may look dismal at the moment, but everything happens for a reason. Fear is just a distraction of your mind, but destiny lives inside a heart of hope, and dreams come true before your very eyes." Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress September 30, 2002 " Nothing is over until you decide it is." Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.P. --- Iowa September 30, 2002 " The actual is limited, the possible immense." LaMartine September 27, 2002 " Fire proves gold; adversity proves men!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jojo O. --- New York September 27, 2002 " The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed." L. Jones --- Submitted by Pam S., Age 18 --- Nebraska September 25, 2002 " Clear your mind of can't." Samuel Johnson September 25, 2002 " A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him." Woodrow Wilson September 23, 2002 " Sometimes you just have to grab life by the tail and give it a good shake!" Copyright © 1986 PJ LaRue September 23, 2002 " I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else." Dolly Parton September 20, 2002 " There are two kinds of people in the world; Roller Coaster People and Merry-Go-Round People. Merry-go-round people like the static circle knowing what is coming and living without risk. Roller coaster people take more risks and have more ups and downs but get more out of life." Written in 2001 by Jason C. --- Florida September 20, 2002 " A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace." Ovid September 18, 2002 " Failure is not an option. If you want to make your dreams come true.......think it, live it, breathe it, taste it. "You" will make it happen." Copyright © 2002 Elisa Lipsky September 18, 2002 " You can do anything you want to. Follow your dreams; because if you say you can't do it, you'll spend the rest of your life proving it." Jean Nidetch --- Submitted by Debbie Kight --- Lancashire, United Kingdom September 16, 2002 " We all are ACHIEVERS; we achieve according to our level of BELIEFS. We all are WINNERS; we win according to our level of PERSEVERANCE." Monica Paul --- Submitted by Ali Asgar Nagaria --- Maharashtra, India September 16, 2002 " Make 10 different mistakes and learn 10 different lessons. Make the same mistake 10 times and learn just one." Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.F. --- Colorado Making mistakes are a part of life, it's just useless to make the same one twice. September 13, 2002 " You have to fail often to succeed only once!" Ben Beale --- Submitted by J. Gresham --- Arkansas September 13, 2002 " Rough waters make a good sailor." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ausir M. --- Philippines September 11, 2002 " Dream and dare. Let no one demoralize you. Do not allow anyone to deter you. Pursue your goal even in the face of difficulties. Convert difficulties into opportunities; for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better and not bitter." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mandakini Punj --- U.P., India September 11, 2002 " You don't get to be number 1 by aspiring to be number 2." Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.M. --- Ontario, Canada September 9, 2002 " A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon September 9, 2002 " I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitment. In the morning I say: "What is my exciting thing for today?" Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow." Barbara Jordan September 6, 2002 " The only true mistake in life is the fear of making one." Adam Davis --- Submitted by T.J. Ferraro --- California September 6, 2002 " Go where life takes you. You may be surprised at what it gives." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachel Tarian --- Ohio September 4, 2002 " Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride over obstacles and win the race!" Charles Dickens September 4, 2002 " Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward!" Thomas Edison August 30, 2002 " Not trying is wondering your whole life, whether you were good enough." Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.C. --- NSW, Australia August 30, 2002 " Winners do it as if to prove it, Then they teach it to someone else." Copyright © 2002 by Mark Haymaker August 28, 2002 " You have come too far to think that you can't make it now." Copyright © 2002 Tiffany Wong I think about this to remind myself that there is no way I am turning back now! Look how far I have already come that merely a year before I never thought I would reach. Praise the Lord! August 28, 2002 " Preparation and planning prevent piss poor performance." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carl S. --- QLD, Australia Has helped inspire me numerous times August 26, 2002 " You will never plough a field by turning it over in your mind." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paddy Brady August 26, 2002 " Big goals can create the fear of failure. Lack of goals guarantees it." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Belluri Murthy --- A.P., India Setting up the goals and working on it in a positive direction leads to achievement of goals. June 28, 2002 " Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing." --- Peyton Manning --- Submitted by T L, ---- Tennessee June 28, 2002 " If you are going through hell, keep going." --- Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Ruthh Q. --- Cork, Ireland June 26, 2002 " An overnight success usually takes about ten years." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Elyse BB. --- Victoria, Australi June 26, 2002 " Don't be upset or disappointed about something that happened; just think, will it really matter 10 years from now?" --- Copyright © 2002 Alex Kokach June 24, 2002 ATTITUDE : "You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Simone A. --- Gauteng, South Africa June 24, 2002 " Great are those who dare to try..." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.C. ---- New Jersey June 21, 2002 " A shot glass of desire is greater than a pitcher of talent." --- Andy Munthe --- Submitted by Kathy Muntthe This is a quote Andy made to another racer when asked if he felt he could be a competitive stock car driver. June 21, 2002 " Failure is a building block of success. Without failure the kingdom would crumble." --- Copyright © 2002 Matthew Bell June 19, 2002 " Look failure in the eye, have faith, do not submit, stand tall, overcome, and live knowing that failing in life is the key to rising above." --- Copyright © 2001 Susan Abraham This is one principle I learned to live by. I let failure get to me and nearly lost myself. Then I saw failure and did something about it. June 19, 2002 " Success is all about content and not intent. Dreaming success is intent, scripting it and doing it is content. Knowing is knowing and knowing is not as good as doing. Doing is doing and that is success. Success happens in the mind first and then physically." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jayant Kumar --- Bangalore, India June 17, 2002 " I have never lost a game; time just ran out on me." --- Michael Jordan --- Submitted by Josh H.. --- Indiana June 17, 2002 " We guide ourselves to success, We guide ourselves to failures, We are our very own guides in life." --- Copyright © 2002 Kien Mun June 14, 2002 " W T E A M...TOGETHER E ARE MIGHTY." --- Copyright © 2002 Edward Johnson As a lacrosse coach of Clifton High School Freshman, I would try different ways to get them motivated and impress upon them the value of team work. I put this in a motivation package for them. June 14, 2002 " I've learned one important thing about living. I can do anything I think I can-but I can't do anything alone. Believe in the team!" --- My Coach, Miss Majeski --- Submitted byy H.H. --- New York June 12, 2002 " Right now your opponent is working twice as hard to defeat you. Will you be ready?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jacob DDeMay --- Illinois June 12, 2002 " Every new day is an opportunity to balance the sheet; a new opportunity to put your act right! Thank God for every new day, rather than just for Friday." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L. Ohemmeng --- Iowa June 10, 2002 " Blossom where you are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deborahh Dudley --- North Carolina This quote has taken me through some difficult moments and has given me a very positive attitude. June 10, 2002 " Follow your dreams for as you dream so shall you become." --- James Allen --- Submitted by L.K. --- WWestern Australia, Australia June 7, 2002 " Don't sacrifice your dreams because others lack vision." --- Copyright © 2002 Travis Hodgson June 7, 2002 " Shadows, but indicate that there is light somewhere nearby." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vindri S. --- Maharashtra, India June 5, 2002 " I know that I can have absolutely anything I want, Just by finding it inside myself first." --- Copyright © 2002 Simon Heighwaya This is something that I've just realized I've always known! June 5, 2002 " Once you set your mind with enthusiasm and persistence, nothing is impossible." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tyson MMartin --- Oregon June 3, 2002 " Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost." --- M. Scott Peck --- Submitted by Martha VVarzaly ---Pennsylvania June 3, 2002 " Nothing happens by chance. Chance is just a reminder to re-think where you are going." --- Copyright © 2002 Gary Vurnum May 31, 2002 " If money is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost." --- Sri Sathya Sai Baba --- Submitted by Annuj Aggarwal --- New York May 31, 2002 " It doesn't matter what you are, who you are; If your DREAM is big enough, facts don't count." --- Nancy Dornan --- Submitted by H.K. Janaa May 29, 2002 " I'll never give in, until I win!" --- Copyright © 2002 Neil Ardern May 29, 2002 " Champions are great everyday, not just once a week!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Z.W. ---- Indiana May 24, 2002 " God is always listening. Therefore be careful of what you ask, because you just might get it!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vernitaa Johnson --- Alabama May 24, 2002 " It is better to fail with honor than to win by deceit." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Claudiaa O. --- New Mexico May 22, 2002 " Motivation is like taking a bath; If you stop doing it, you begin to stink!" --- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Mark Williaams --- NSW, Australia May 22, 2002 " Always strive for what you want, even if no one is cheering you on." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mario AA. Whyte --- Kingston, Jamaica May 20, 2002 " Life is a trip. You can either sit in the back of the bus and just go for the ride or you can drive.<" --- Copyright © 2002 Kelvin Billington May 20, 2002 " Feel the way life sweeps you off your feet and go with it because in the end that is what makes life exciting!" --- Copyright © 2002 Andrea Devito May 17, 2002 " Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." --- Walt Disney --- Submitted by M. Hopper --- Pennsylvania May 17, 2002 " Hold on to your dreams because dreams are what has made reality and what has made reality but your dreams!" --- Copyright © 2002 Beverly Senzee My motto is "whatever it takes"...and it seems to be working! May 15, 2002 " Always be prepared to walk with sunshine and sleep with sunset. If the sequence should change, it should not affect you because you have the experience to deal with both one at a time. Life is a multiple choice. The information that you need may be placed in unfamiliar spots but it's nothing you don't know." --- Copyright © 2002 Kgosi Seitshiro May 15, 2002 " Life is not a spectator's sport. Everyone is keeping score, there are no time outs, and the clock is always running." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Christoopher Friedline --- North Carolina May 13, 2002 " It is too risky not to take a risk. Life is worth some risks." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lewis OO. --- Iowa May 13, 2002 " Love who you are and what you are and what you do. Laugh at yourself and at life and nothing can touch you." --- Louise Hay --- Submitted by Simon Heighhwaya --- United Kingdom May 10, 2002 " Winning isn't everything, neither is losing, but the only thing is doing your best." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by G.B. ---- Washington May 10, 2002 " Perception is a mirror, not a fact, and what I look upon is my state of mind reflected outward." --- Course in Miracles --- Submitted by D.PP. --- California May 8, 2002 " It's okay to change your dreams, as long as you never lower your standards." --- Copyright © 2002 Angela Carpenter May 8, 2002 " You may have beaten me once; you may have beaten me twice, But if you beat me a third time, I will be back for a fourth try!" --- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress May 6, 2002 " I am building a fire and everyday that I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match." --- Mia Hamm --- Submitted by Katie L. --- California May 6, 2002 " If you have yet to WIN; think that there is no TOMORROW. If you LOSE; think that there is a TOMORROW." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mythilii Janarthanam --- Tamilnadu, India May 3, 2002 " The only places to go are the places people have never been before. That's why I always finish first." --- Copyright © 2002 Dale Welborn May 3, 2002 " Rejection is always better then regret." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.J. ---- New York May 1, 2002 " Do not let any one bring you down because of what they say about you. Only remember…don't believe what they say." --- Copyright © 2002 Jessica Dancel April 29, 2002 " It's a great opportunity to open my eyes when I wake up; Not many people are fortunate." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Funke AAriyo --- Ontario, Canada April 29, 2002 " In every failure, there is a lesson that may often hurt. And in every lesson there is a positive side and a negative side. In my life, choices I make are chances for survival. Survival - only experienced by those who believe. Be not the one who does not want to experience pain. Be not the one who pushes opportunities off the ledge. Instead, create a threshold on the chapters of life. Begin with a smile, explore in the middle and end with dignity; end feeling peaceful." --- Copyright © 2002 Den Marcel N. Quinsay April 24, 2002 " Great things are not done by impulse, But by a series of small things brought together." --- Vincent Van Gogh --- Submitted by Crysttal Sanders --- Illinois Congratulations CMU women's track on 2002 MAC championship All things are possible! April 24, 2002 " I believe in fate to get you there, but not to keep you there... the rest is up to you." --- C.P. Benvenga --- Submitted by Christoppher B. --- Maryland April 22, 2002 " Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear." --- David J. Schwartz --- Submitted by Shuzzy B. --- Sabah, Malaysia April 22, 2002 " We are all born the same. What you make of yourself is up to you." --- Matthew J. Brierley --- Submitted by J..M. --- Ohio April 19, 2002 " Being positive has only one side effect. It's catching!" --- Copyright © 2002 Gary Vurnum April 19, 2002 " Perfection is a nonsensical word; there is always room for improvement." --- Copyright © 2002 Brad Royall April 17, 2002 " Courage is not giving up fear But the fact that something is more important than fear itself." --- Copyright © 2002 Danielle Iwanyszyn April 17, 2002 " You have to start your training today, when the season starts, it's too late!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sam Hunnter --- Minnesota April 15, 2002 " It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you." --- Brian Tracy --- Submitted by Fareed Mohhammed --- Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago April 15, 2002 " Adversity elicits talents which otherwise would have remained dormant." --- Chinese Proverb --- Submitted by Lisa PP. --- New Hampshire April 12, 2002 " Don't you get it? This very second you could be doing something you love and dream about doing. So do it. NOW...NOW...NOW!!!" --- Written in 2002 by J.Ewing --- Georgia April 12, 2002 " Life Is Uncertain - Eat Dessert First!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tresillle Melson --- Singapore Dessert here applies to almost anything that would bring happiness. It doesn't mean indulgence in a dessert, although that sometimes helps. Dessert here applies to a new task or a new challenge. I go about my life constantly with the saying in my mind, and it helps! April 10, 2002 " When the road looks long, it's just a shadow. When the sky looks dark, it's only the clouds. And when life gets rough, it's only your troubles getting in the way. You just need to push your way through and you will see the road's not that long and the sky's not that dark and life is good." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. M. ---- Indiana April 10, 2002 " If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason KKline --- New York April 8, 2002 " Sometimes you have to take at look back at where you came from, just to realize how far you have really come, then aim, for exactly where you want to go." --- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress April 8, 2002 " If you lose, say little. If you win, say less; being humble is a great, great virtue!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David GGallagher --- Ontario, Canada April 5, 2002 " If you seek out the obstacles in your path, you can plot a course around them. If not, trip over them." --- Copyright © 2002 Talley Brown April 5, 2002 " You've got to have a heart of a pit bull, not a chihuahua." --- Antonio Palma --- Submitted by Franciscco Jordan --- Maryland (This comparison is in reference to being persistent; no matter if everything is going against us) April 3, 2002 " To be where you've never been before, You have to do what you've never done before." --- Copyright © 2002 Kgomotso Nkwe April 3, 2002 " I am an individual in a society with set standards and morals to which I am expected to conform. My individuality should, however, uphold my personal standards and morals to guide me through life and to make a success of my journey." --- Copyright © 2001 Yolanda Mabenge April 1, 2002 " When you look back in time, it's not the wins and losses you will remember, but the people and the experience; so make the most of the time you have, for it will never be the same again." --- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress April 1, 2002 " That's what learning is after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and what we take away from it that we never had before to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Annelieen S. --- Freestate, South Africa March 27, 2002 " For every one person that says that you can do it, there will be nine hundred ninety nine people that say that you can't. Don't be discouraged by the others, but be inspired by that one." --- Copyright © 2001 Saif Alam March 27, 2002 " Dreams are the roadways to reality." --- Copyright © 1995 Laura Cichon March 25, 2002 " Follow the ways of the rose that sprouted from concrete. Spread your petals; show the world you are not a failure, but someone who can succeed in the worst of conditions." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.D. ---- California March 25, 2002 " When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal." --- Napoleon Hill --- Submitted by Fareed MMohammed --- Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago March 22, 2002 " Start working on whatever you hesitate Because there is an ending to every beginning. When you make it to the end, You will realize the hesitation was a waste of time." --- Copyright © 2002 David Wong March 22, 2002 " You and your dream have on thing in common; you have the same destination and vision in life. You both also have one difference, it is you that will be the one to sweat, work and fight to get there, not your dream. Dreams don't happen, we as individuals make them happen. Your dream is counting on you so don't let her down but more importantly don't let yourself down. You only live one life and have only one dream. It would be an injustice not to conquer both, so go out and do it." --- Copyright © 2002 Thompson W. Harrell IIII --- Submitted by Matthew Booth --- Florida March 20, 2002 " Without perseverance and courage, how would a child learn to walk?" --- Copyright © 2002 Mary Nichols March 20, 2002 You can take a look in the mirror and say, "I am good". But take a look at your life and ask yourself, "What would I sacrifice to be great?" --- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress March 18, 2002 " If you want to see what people, who have the ability to succeed, look like: Please stand in front of a mirror!" --- Copyright © 2002 Ray Gellein March 18, 2002 " Your conscience is your boss!" --- Copyright © 2002 Mansoor Baig March 15, 2002 " To know how to win takes talent. To know how to lose takes heart." --- Copyright © 2002 Art Veloz March 15, 2002 " He who dare wins, my son!" --- Author Unknown ---Submitted by Alec MaccDonald --- Oxfordshire, United Kingdom March 13, 2002 " Saying something helps you believe in it. Doing something helps others believe in you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nicholaas Debernardi --- Michigan March 13, 2002 " The largest room in the world is the room for improvement." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kafui KKlutse --- Greece March 11, 2002 " Limitation is a creation of the mind." --- Ky Hurst --- Submitted by Dylan B. --- Victoria, Australia March 11, 2002 " Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the little voice inside you the yells, "can't!" But you don't listen; you just push harder and then you hear the voice whisper "can" and you realize the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amy H. --- Washington March 8, 2002 " The man who can drive himself further, even when the effort gets painful, is the man who will win." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amber WW. --- Ontario, Canada March 8, 2002 " If you haven't given it your all, how can you give it up?" --- Copyright © 2002 Jason Hardesty March 6, 2002 " If I can't find a way through life, then I'll simply just have to make one myself." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cassanddra P. --- Oklahoma March 6, 2002 " Big things only happen to those who don't hold out!" --- Copyright © 2001 Mike Spisak March 4, 2002 " Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." --- William Durant --- Submitted by Fareed Mohammed --- Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago March 4, 2002 " I shouldn't toot my own horn, but he who doth not toot his own horn alloweth it to remain untooteth." --- Alben Barkley --- Submitted by James Baanzer --- Kentucky March 1, 2002 " Some trees grow very tall and straight and large in the forest close to each other, But some must stand by themselves or they won't grow at all." --- Oliver Wendell Holmes --- Submitted by Cecilia Hiponia --- Maryland March 1, 2002 " A smile and a laugh are the duct tape of life; they can fix anything." --- Copyright © 1996 M. Wallace February 27, 2002 " Champions train, losers complain." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melissaa B. --- Michigan February 27, 2002 " Your mind is your biggest weakness. If you think you can't do it, you won't even be able to come close, but when you tell yourself you can, you will be very happy with the end result." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by P.Z. ---- Tennessee February 25, 2002 " I am the force. I can clear any obstacle before me, or I can get lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility, win or lose; only I hold the key to my destiny." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kristy M. --- Ontario, Canada February 22, 2002 " I won't give up because I am the Goddess of victory." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by H. Menee --- South Africa February 22, 2002 " Set your priorities in your life; adjust the parameters, as per them, And you won't find a day of unhappiness." --- Written in 2001 by V.K.K. --- Maharashttra, India February 20, 2002 " Have the heart to win and the will to try. Then do it." --- Copyright © 2002 Jacqui Reinhart February 20, 2002 " It's not how good you are, It's how bad you want it!!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melissaa B. --- Michigan February 18, 2002 " A stone thrown up, with a right intent, could make a hole in the sky." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gadepallli Ratan --- Hyderabad, India February 18, 2002 " Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them gratified. He that labors in any great or laudable undertaking has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy. To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity." --- Samuel Johnson --- Submitted by Ashwathhy Nair --- Nagpur, India February 15, 2002 " Arrive expecting to push yourself to the limit; Leave with no regrets." --- Copyright © 2002 Marisa Moldovan February 15, 2002 " Success through the eyes of one once defeated, is true VICTORY." --- Copyright © 2002 J. Cramer February 13, 2002 " To know what it feels like to be a winner, you have had to lose at least once." --- Copyright © 2002 Kat Wood February 13, 2002 " Everyone faces disappointments at one time or another-but the winners are the ones who refuse to let disappointments become discouragements." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by W.F. ---- Texas February 11, 2002 " Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts and burns for distinction." --- Abraham Lincoln --- Submitted by Stevenn Kwart --- Michigan February 8, 2002 " Champions, in any field, make a habit of doing what others find boring or uncomfortable." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Elyse BB. --- Victoria, Australia February 8, 2002 " You must show no mercy Nor have any belief, whatsoever, In how others judge you; For your greatness will silence them all." --- The Warrior --- Submitted by W. Rees ---- Wales, United Kingdom February 6, 2002 " Courage is like a muscle; the more it is used, the bigger it gets." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Morgan N. --- Washington February 6, 2002 " May every dream you dream be as fulfilling as the breath you breathe." --- Copyright © 2002 Phelix Vaughn February 4, 2002 " All that's not given is lost." --- Dominique Lapierre --- Submitted by Sacchin Stalin --- Goa, India February 4, 2002 " A goal is dream with a deadline." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manoj RRoy --- India February 1, 2002 " Success doesn't happen over night, it happens over nights." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lindseyy M. --- Missouri February 1, 2002 " Never give up on anybody." --- Hubert H. Humphrey --- Submitted by Meggan T. --- Texas January 30, 2002 " Sometimes you have to have your head in the stars, In order to see where you are going." --- Copyright © 2001 Mike Matamoros January 30, 2002 " The biggest thrills you can get out of life, are the chances you take from day to day." --- Written in 2002 by Jake O. --- Coloradoo January 28, 2002 " Make no small plans. They hold no magic to stir the hearts of men." --- Boris Roubakine --- Submitted by J.M. ---- Texas January 28, 2002 " There is absolutely no possible way that I will ever lose a fight because I have perfected my most powerful weapon: MY HEART." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dayten Taylor --- Hawaii January 25, 2002 " Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true." --- T.E. Lawrence --- Submitted by Amanda AA. --- Michigan January 25, 2002 " I never lost a game; time just ran out on me." --- Michael Jordan --- Submitted by S.H. January 23, 2002 " For all those girls out there who have a dream, it'll come true. You just have to want it bad enough." --- Ivette Sosa (Eden's Crush) --- Submitteed by Vanessa R. --- New Jersey January 23, 2002 " If problems bring challenges, I'd rather scrutinize it till it dies than brood over it. I'll find my way around it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lewis TT.O. ---Accra, Ghana January 21, 2002 " It's my dream; I can dream it any way I want." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.P.O. --- Washington January 21, 2002 " Go AGAINST me and I will win. Go WITH me and WE will win." --- Bruno Silva --- Submitted by Rico Santoos --- Hawaii January 18, 2002 " Not all who wander are lost." --- J.R.R. Tolkien --- Submitted by Maria PPez --- Pennsylvania January 18, 2002 " Be true to yourself." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.L. ---- New York January 16, 2002 " The courage it takes to stay tight in the bud Is more painful then the courage it takes to blossom." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marjoriie C. --- New Brunswick, Canada January 16, 2002 " Grandfather say... It not rain everyday." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Will H.. --- California January 14, 2002 " Heights of success can never be reached without flights of fancy." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Salil DDeshpande --- Mumbai, India January 14, 2002 " I became a true champion because of the things I did that other competitors did, but did better. I became a true champion because I also did what other competitors DIDN'T do." --- D. Powers --- Submitted by Rico Santos --- Hawaii January 11, 2002 " No one can motivate you, until you motivate yourself." --- Neeru --- Submitted by Niranjan Kumar SSunkari --- Cheepurupalli, India January 11, 2002 " Believing in yourself is the start of all dreams. Nothing has ever been so great as the seed of belief and nothing has ever been accomplished without believing. Belief conquers doubt." --- Copyright 2001 Brenda D. Burke January 9, 2002 " The man who goes alone can start today; But he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready." --- Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Leeigh Dye --- Gauteng, South Africa January 9, 2002 " There is no eye like knowledge, There is no mission like truth, There is no suffering like desire, There is no happiness like sacrifice." --- Buddha --- Submitted by B. Mishra --- EEngland, United Kingdom January 7, 2002 " It starts at a time called birth and continues until a time called death. It is called LIFE. It comes with no guarantees; of 60 years or 60 thousand miles, whichever comes first. And somehow they've even left the instructions out. Yes, all we get is life itself. And now it is up to us to do the living. Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize-once they have been wasted." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dr. Lewwis Turchi --- California January 7, 2002 " The power is within you to change for good that part of the world over which you have some influence." --- Copyright © 2001 Dave Olpin January 4, 2002 " Life is not about winning or losing. It's about Win-Win." --- Copyright © 2001 David Seow January 4, 2002 " It matters not so much what happens in one's life as much as what one does about it. For the latter dictates what one's life will be." --- Written by J.L. --- Texas January 2, 2002 " Life is the most precious and forgiving asset we have. No matter how many mistakes we make, if we have the will and determination, it will always give us a second chance, third chance, fourth chance... " --- Copyright © 2001 Takela R. Pappillion January 2, 2002 " The me I see Is the me I'll be and love." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ellen FF. --- Connecticut December 21, 2001 " Your options are limited only by your fears." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary D.. --- Missouri December 21, 2001 " When it's all over, it's not who you were, It's whether you made a difference." --- Bob Doyle --- Submitted by Neil E. --- England, United Kingdom December 19, 2001 " The moment when you achieve victory is not very long. You might do it more in the future, but you don't know that. So when you step on that podium, pretend that it is the last time you will and live in the moment. Suck it all in... and smile, a lot." --- Copyright © 2000 Keely Blair Kelleher December 19, 2001 " Think the Unthinkable; Believe the Unbelievable; Reach the Unreachable, Only with HARD WORK." --- Copyright © 2001 Niranjan Kumar Sunkarii December 17, 2001 " If you can dare to see, you can dare to dream." --- Jasmine Ashli --- Submitted by Reza Mobbasseri --- California December 17, 2001 " If you're not going to play to win, You might as well hold the Olympics in someone's back yard." --- Jessie Owens --- Submitted by D.K. --- Pennsylvania December 14, 2001 " When the pain of remaining the same Is greater than the pain of change, Then...change will come." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Elaine Luce --- Texas December 14, 2001 " A woman of real beauty SMILES in trouble, Gathers STRENGTH from distress And grows BRAVE by reflection and prayers." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by DiYana M.I. --- Singapore December 12, 2001 " If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk!" --- Bill Rodgers --- Submitted by Carly W. --- Washington December 12, 2001 " Standing tall has nothing to do with height." --- Copyright © 2001 Anna Berger December 10, 2001 " Life is about chances and you will never live until you start taking them." --- Copyright © 2001 Bethann Bewley December 10, 2001 " Imagination and determination make reality." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.W. ---- Pennsylvania December 7, 2001 " Though you cannot go back and start again, You can start from now and have a brand new end." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nathan Hanson --- Nebraska December 7, 2001 " Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells "CAN'T", but you don't listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper "can" and you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susan PP. --- North Carolina December 5, 2001 " History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats." --- Bertie C. Forbes --- Submitted by Muralli Duggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India December 5, 2001 " Pride is holding your head up when everyone else around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.B. ---- New Jersey December 3, 2001 " Do not let your fears choose your destiny." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jana M.., --- Washington December 3, 2001 " Remember you are who you believe you are. You can achieve only what you believe you can achieve. The greatest miracle in the world is YOU!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary Ryyan --- Trinidad and Tobago November 30, 2001 " Everything has its own wonders- even darkness and silence." --- Helen Keller --- Submitted by Gurudath Rao --- Karnataka, India November 30, 2001 " To see; is to know To want; is to can To dare; is to get!" --- Alfred de Musset --- Submitted by Pia MMandelin --- United Kingdom November 28, 2001 " If we discipline ourselves so that we can do what we ought to do when we ought to do it, then we will be able to do what we want when we want to do it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Maran LL. --- Washington November 28, 2001 " In life, everyone climbs the same mountain. Some people reach the top faster than others and some stop at different heights. But one must remember that there are many trails to reach the top. Each of those trails has different degrees of difficulty. Some are more fortunate than others. Think about this...Of those who have reached the mountain top, how many of them have the courage to go back down and try a different trail? Will they still be able to reach the top if they choose a different trail with a higher degree of difficulty?" --- Bruno Silva --- Submitted by Rico Santoos --- Hawaii November 26, 2001 " Things happen for a reason. If you have a bad day and you don't think you could get through, always remember that know matter how bad something may seem, there is a reason why they happen. There is a plan for everyone on this earth, if it means learning from our mistakes and passing it on so someone else doesn't go through it. Could mean we were strong enough to go through something bad when someone else may be too weak to go through and we teach them from our experience, in the process we become a better person and learn from our mistakes. I feel that we all need to think positive to help us through every day of our lives. Try to smile more and it will rub off on everyone around else you. They will pass it on and we will all be happier and enjoy being alive." --- Copyright © 2001 Michelle Gast November 26, 2001 " Keep your eyes on the prize and your soul on the goal." --- Written in 2001 by D. Speegle --- Minneesota November 21, 2001 I used to think darkness was a salvation Away from the silicone and fronts of procreation Till I realized it was just procrastination You can't escape the darkness Dive in Feel it Know it Show a light within the pitch of night Be a leader in the struggle for wrong and right Stumble forward and never loose your sight You can't escape the darkness Dive in Feel it Know it --- Copyright © 2001 Heather Clark November 21, 2001 " Don't expect things. Go along with your life as you need to do. If, along the way, you're given a gift, be gracious and accepting. If you're not given anything, you will never feel disappointed." --- A lesson from my mother --- Submitted bby Madeline Huppert November 19, 2001 " If it's good enough, it isn't good enough. If it's PERFECT, it's good enough." --- Ken Collins --- Submitted by Steven Colllins --- Tasmania, Australia November 19, 2001 " Challenges are like cleaning your closet. You have to empty all the contents and make a mess before productivity and order become your hallmark. Life's junk is but a collection of things; jackets without hangers, if you will. The most inspiring thing some can say is 'wow, what a clean closet.'" --- Brenden Murphy --- Submitted by Michaell Tully --- Massachusetts November 16, 2001 " Anyone can work hard when they want to. Champions do it when they don't." --- Copyright © 2001 Adam Roa November 16, 2001 " You are not a loser if you are beaten by a better opponent, But you are not a winner if you quit." --- Frank Williams --- Submitted by Randy MMenard --- Maryland (Frank Williams, the Williams Formula One team owner to his team to motivate them at Spa-Francochamps circuit in Belgium in 1995 season.) November 14, 2001 " A true leader empowers, not devours." --- Copyright © 2001 Kathi L. White November 12, 2001 " A vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat and at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is looking." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Randy HH. --- Indiana November 12, 2001 " Think you made a mistake? No you have not. You just made a change in your life that wouldn't have happened if you had followed the rules." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Waltters --- Nova Scotia, Canada November 9, 2001 " There is a first step to every journey." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anand DDatwani --- Dubai, United Arab Emirates November 9, 2001 " Winners are those who attempt to do things right without fear of failure. Champions are those that fail and get back up to try it again. Winners are born, champions are made." --- Copyright © 2001 David Blanford November 7, 2001 " You have to do what others won't To achieve what others don't." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jamie BB. --- N.S.W, Australia November 7, 2001 " In the beginning, we make our habits In the end, our habits make us." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robin CClark --- Georgia November 5, 2001 " Giving up is your brain's idea. Ask yourself, who's in charge here?" --- Copyright © 2001 Phil Whyman November 5, 2001 " Life is just like a telephone. You never know when the problems are going to ring but when they do, just pick it up and receive. When you finish, put down the receiver because the sun will always shine." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Faizal Jeraj --- Nairobi, Kenya November 2, 2001 " There is possibility in impossibility." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Murali Duggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India November 2, 2001 " Humble yourself and you shall be honored. Honor yourself and you shall be humbled." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.M. ---- Pennsylvania October 31, 2001 " The Power of a Leader: True Leaders are not those who strive to be first but those who are first to strive and who give their all for the success of the team. True leaders are first to see the need, envision the plan, and empower the team for action. By the strength of the leader’s commitment, the power of the team is unleashed!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by James LLehtinen --- Colorado October 31, 2001 " Planning is good until it gets in the way of taking action on what you are planning for." --- Copyright © 2001 Mike Claggett October 29, 2001 " No one can beat you, but you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rebeccaa Leake --- Oklahoma October 29, 2001 " One person working toward a dream is worth 99 people just working." --- Lani S. Kraus --- Submitted by Murali DDuggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India October 26, 2001 " Many people, who wonder why they don't amount to more than they do, have good stuff in them, and are energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities. It is a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts." --- Walter J. Johnston --- Submitted by Cheetan Chopra --- Washington October 26, 2001 " The memories and heartaches are what makes a person stronger and they gives us the courage to move on." --- Written by Katherine H. --- Arkansas October 24, 2001 " Know yourself and you will win all battles." --- Sun Tzu --- Submitted by TSK --- Denmarrk October 24, 2001 " What others may say is not important. What is important is that YOU believe in yourself and you do things in accordance with what you think is right, without hurting feelings of other person. Each and every person is unique. Don't put yourself down; always remember that there are things that you can do that others cannot." --- Bunso --- Submitted by Annalyn Esposo ---- Manila, Philippines October 22, 2001 " Evaluate, improve, adjust. In these continual actions are the seeds of success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lea Davvidson --- Texas October 22, 2001 " Don't spend your tomorrows searching for what you want, When what you need is with you today." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura DD. --- Ohio October 19, 2001 " What do winners do? We emphasize, we adapt, and we overcome." --- Written by JoAnna G. --- Missouri October 17, 2001 " You learn you can do your best even when it's hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage." --- Joe Namath --- Submitted by Stacey C. ---- Idaho October 17, 2001 " What's meant to be will find a way." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Allisonn S. --- Florida October 15, 2001 " This is my day of opportunity. I will not waste it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ana Pauula --- Argentina October 15, 2001 " History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." --- Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Ashlley H. --- Nevada --- Author's name provided by C.G. ---11/288/01 October 12, 2001 " If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder." --- Michael Jordan --- Submitted by Andrew Go --- Manila, Philippines October 12, 2001 " He who leverages his/her time the best, wins." --- Copyright © 1996 Gary Montgomery October 10, 2001 " I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." --- Thomas Edison --- Submitted by Ryan Rowwe --- West Virginia --- Author's Name provided by Catherine Dohherty - 10-15-01 October 10, 2001 " Accomplishing a goal is not as important As the person you become accomplishing it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andrew Garner --- Florida October 8, 2001 " Life is not a "brief candle." It is a splendid torch that must be made to burn as brightly as possible before it is handed on to the next generation." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bob Pinnkerton --- Nebraska October 8, 2001 " Being in right place, at the right time, Is not enough for things to happen for you, But it is your strong will power that makes things happen for you Anytime, anywhere." --- Written by V.K. --- Maharastra, India October 5, 2001 " Hope, Wish, Dream, Love, Live. Smile because you really do deserve it!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Margot Johnston --- Newcastle, Australia October 5, 2001 " Until you understand who you are and have knowledge of were you came from, you will never be set free from other people's opinions. Other people's opinions are more powerful then armies" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erwin TT. Paulus --- Khomas, Namibia October 3, 2001 " A positive attitude brings on positive results." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vickie H. --- Pennsylvania October 3, 2001 " Develop your body and you can play on the team; Develop your mind and you could own it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.F. ---- New Jersey October 1, 2001 " I have never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he developed the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within." --- Preston Bradley --- Submitted by Chetann Chopra --- Washington September 28, 2001 " Never believe your doubts and never doubt your beliefs." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. Smitth --- Missouri September 28, 2001 " The power you need exists in the noble blood in your veins." --- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk --- Submitted by Selin Y. --- California September 26, 2001 " Be good or be good at it." --- Copyright © 1998 Matthias Weber September 26, 2001 " It is only impossible, until somebody does it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.T. ---- Ontario, Canada September 24, 2001 " I have been through so much that I don't fear any more. Maybe it is the failures that have taught me to love to succeed or maybe it's the rejections that have toughened me." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.T.O. --- Accra, Ghana September 21, 2001 " In life there are no negatives, only possibilities." --- Copyright © 2001 Greg Jones September 19, 2001 " Nothing will come of nothing. Dare mighty things." --- Shakespeare --- Submitted by Kristine TTerry --- Queensland, Australia September 19, 2001 " Nothing will ever be accomplished if all obstacles must first be overcome." --- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) --- Submittted by Suzanne W. --- Ohio --- Author's name provided through an emaill 3-20-02 September 17, 2001 " Don't let today's disappointments, cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.B. ---- Ohio September 17, 2001 " Even when you see things that absolutely crush your feelings, be strong, and no matter what, never act out of character." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jessicaa Rinesmith --- Pennsylvania September 10, 2001 " Every calling is great when greatly pursued." --- Oliver Wendell Holmes --- Submitted by E. Carey --- Massachusetts September 10, 2001 " The human body is capable of moving more than 2 tons!! If we have this much physical potential, just imagine how much inner potential we have. There is no limit to our potential. " --- Copyright © 2001 Gajan Krishna September 7, 2001 " All great Achievements require time." --- David Joseph Schwartz --- Submitted by Rachelle M. --- Oklahoma September 7, 2001 " In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Murali Duggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India September 5, 2001 " Who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sharon Ogden --- Kentucky September 5, 2001 " Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above it's strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible." --- Author Unknown --- Luanne V. --- Washinngton August 31, 2001 " You can make things happen, or you can make excuses; but you cannot do both at the same time." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Luis Paatterson --- North Carolina August 31, 2001 " If you change the picture in your mind, you change your energy." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Antonio Arra --- Diego Marrtin, Trinidad and Tobago August 29, 2001 " Every day, just like the one before, begins with the sunrise and ends with the sunset. So don't give up when something doesn't go your way; there's always another tomorrow." --- Copyright © 2001 Jaime Musselwhite August 29, 2001 " It is a lovely thing to live with courage, and die leaving an everlasting fame. To be fame worthy is the most honorable of aspirations, the incentives of the best men to the greatest achievements." --- Alexander the Great --- Submitted by Keeiser Power --- New York August 27, 2001 " Have confidence in the way you work. Understand how you work and what you did to be successful so that you can replicate for future. " --- Copyright © 2001 Martyn Chester August 27, 2001 " Happiness is a direction not a place!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie YY.H. --- Ontario, Canada August 24, 2001 " EXCELLENCE: If you want to achieve excellence you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-then -excellent work." --- Thomas Watson: Founder of IBM --- Submitted by Bianca Rahmings --- Floridda August 24, 2001 " You have failed only when you've quit trying. Until then, you're still in the act of progression. So never quit trying and you'll never be a failure." --- Copyright © 1998 Tommy Kelley August 22, 2001 " Even a kick in the behind is a forward motion." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.S. ---- South Australia, Australia August 22, 2001 " There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.H. ---- Sydney, Australia August 20, 2001 " To become a good leader you must first become a good follower." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.G. ---- Texas August 20, 2001 " There are no obstacles in life that cannot be overcome or conquered--except for death." --- Copyright © 1998 Lisa Posante August 17, 2001 " Faith is the evidence of things not seen." --- Bible - Hebrews 11:1 --- Submitted by KKristi Bruso --- Oregon --- Source and correction of quote providedd by R. Tucker --- Nova Scotia, Canada August 17, 2001 " I'll find a way, or make one. (Latin: "Viam inveniam aut faciam.")" --- Hannibal --- Submitted by Don Papaleo ---- New York August 15, 2001 " Perseverance is dependent upon knowing when to take a deep breath." --- Copyright © 2001 David Boduch August 15, 2001 " Life is tough, but I am tougher!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brandi G. --- Mississippi August 13, 2001 " Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chris SSwindells --- Connecticut August 13, 2001 " I know that all that I don't have today, I will have them all tomorrow or someday. That I believe." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.T. ---- Gt. Accra, Ghana August 10, 2001 " We all have a choice to become either a winner or loser in life, and we take small steps towards one of these two destinations with our daily actions." --- Copyright © 2000 Chad Hayworth August 10, 2001 " Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want. Strive to achieve and be the best." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robinlyyn C. --- Illinois August 8, 2001 " Just because you wander, doesn't mean you're lost!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renee BB. --- Washington August 8, 2001 " Keep on trying remembering that FAILURE can never dismantle the Flag of Success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Benjamiin Acquaye --- Accra, Ghana August 6, 2001 " When it comes to success, the sky is the only limit!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Richardd Toney --- Connecticut August 6, 2001 " Strengthen your abilities by helping others strengthen theirs." --- Copyright © 2001 S. Ozdemir August 3, 2001 " We learn things, we teach things, not just to ourselves but to others, even strangers. You go through life trying to figure out who you are and where you're going to end up. Follow your heart. It will lead you to that place you've always dreamed of. I know there are many obstacles in the way but just give it all you've got. If you don't make it, then it wasn't meant to be. If you make it, you'll live happily ever after." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erica LLange --- New Jersey August 1, 2001 " Always believe that things can get better and believe me they will get better." --- Copyright © 2001 Sarita Gonsalves August 1, 2001 " I gave it 100%, that's all I've ever done and that's all I'll ever do. " --- Kieran Perkins - Australian swimmer (2 time 1500m Olympic gold medalist) --- Submitted by Michael H. --- QLD, Austraalia July 30, 2001 Make Your Move As you're reading this, your life's getting shorter. It's ticking away. I'm not saying this to frighten you. Or even scare you. Though it may. I'm saying this to awaken you. To inspire you. To rise you out of your deep slumber. To really know you won't live forever. To share your unique gifts. To ignite your great inner fire. To ignite your great inner strength. To ignite your great inner light. To shine. Brightly shine. To awaken your great inner beauty. To motivate. Yourself and others. To love. Yourself and others. To paint. To write. To teach. To innovate. To sing. To dance. To care. To feel. To listen. To learn. To laugh. The clock's ticking. The world needs you. Make your move. --- Copyright © 2001 Mike Litman July 30, 2001 " No matter what our station, condition, or position in life may be, there are no negatives only possibilities." --- Copyright © 1990 Gregory Jones July 25, 2001 If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the woodly - But be the best little scrub by the side of the rill, Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make; If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass- But be the liveliest bass in the lake! We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew, There's something for all of us here, There's big work to do, and lesser to do, And the task you must do is the near. If you can't be a highway then just be a trail, If you can't be the sun, be a star; It isn't by size that you win or you fail - Be the best of whatever you are! --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jurgitaa DelaPaz --- Helsinki, Finland July 25, 2001 " Choose a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life." --- Confucius --- Submitted by Marisa M. ---- New York July 23, 2001 " One who has not tasted bitter, knows not what sweet is." --- German Proverb --- Submitted by Krissy M. --- Ontario, Canada July 23, 2001 " The most consistent thing about life is that nothing is the same, everything changes. If you can accept that, then you're OK. If you can't accept the fact that you can't control everything, then you get yourself in a rut. " --- Phil Jackson --- Submitted by Bo T. ---- Florida July 20, 2001 " Listen to your heart, For it will never lie. But therein lies its demise. The question isn't will it talk, But will you listen?" --- David --- Submitted by Mackenzie M. ---- Maine July 20, 2001 " Live in love, not in fear." --- Copyright © 2001 Jeannie M. Prescott July 18, 2001 " A caterpillar who keeps company with other caterpillars dreams of one day reaching the sunny side of the tree. A caterpillar who keeps company with butterflies dreams of one day crossing the canyon that the tree overlooks and the other caterpillars laugh. Association is everything." --- Copyright © 2001 Bill Johnson July 18, 2001 " I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is the victory over self." --- Aristotle --- Submitted by J.M. --- Alaaska July 16, 2001 " Routines are comfortable. Comfort is a rut. Ruts lead to failure. Failure is not an option." --- Copyright © 2001 Gary Montgomery July 16, 2001 " It may look, sound, feel, smell, or taste as if I am weak, down and out, without hope or faith, or headed nowhere. People should strive to go beyond their regular 5 senses. If you can tap into your sixth sense, it is then and only then will you know the real me." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bruno XX. --- Hawaii July 13, 2001 " I saw the mountain. Oh, what a huge one. I saw the river. Oh, what a wide one. I saw you. Oh, what a small one. But I know, You can climb the mountain, And swim across the river." --- Copyright © 2001 Star Francis July 11, 2001 " Rejection is a word. Fear of rejection is a feeling. Overcoming fear of rejection is an action And actions speak louder than words." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amanda R. --- Tennessee July 11, 2001 " A person remembers not the hatred and criticism of a million people, but the love and confidence of just one. Don't regret upon what you could have done and prepare for what you have to do." --- Copyright © 2001 Kevin Cho July 9, 2001 " There is no such thing as an insignificant contribution." --- Copyright © 1998 Michael Osborne July 9, 2001 " Never give up, never give in. Never let a piece of doubt slip in." --- Copyright © 2001 Joe Vilutis July 6, 2001 " Keep on going and chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down." --- Charles F. Kettering --- Submitted by JJennifer Yontz --- Florida July 6, 2001 " Talent doesn't win Championships. Desire to win, wins Championships." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marc W.. --- Illinois July 2, 2001 " If you stop dreaming you stop leading." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ramesh Naidu --- New Jersey July 2, 2001 " A hero is either an extraordinary man who does extraordinary things under ordinary conditions, or someone who does very ordinary things under very extraordinary conditions. Usually for one of two reasons, fear or love, and more often than not it's the latter." --- Copyright © 1983 Timothy J. Capuano --- On the occasion of receiving the Navy CCross June 29, 2001 " As the fire burns, a true hero emerges from the depths of determination." --- Copyright © 2001 Justin Pane June 29, 2001 " Every sunrise is a second chance." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susie JJ. --- Ohio June 27, 2001 " Achievement lies within the reach of those who reach beyond themselves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marta BBielecka --- Ontario, Canada June 27, 2001 " Pursuing an authentic vision will always lead men to greatness." --- Copyright © 2001 Alton White June 25, 2001 " Creativity is not letting how it's ALWAYS BEEN Get in the way of how it COULD BE." --- Copyright © 2001 J. Hunker June 25, 2001 " Sometimes things have to be believed to be seen." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kristinne S. --- New Jersey June 22, 2001 " Don't ask for the task to be easy, ask for it to be worth it." --- Jim Rohn --- Submitted by Jo Daniels ---- Melbourne, Australia June 22, 2001 " Nothing motivates like self interest." --- Copyright © 1992 Graeme Watts June 20, 2001 " In any sport, the anticipation of what might happen Is almost as important as what actually happens." --- Bob Costas --- Submitted by Chen Fawn MMeng --- Malaysia June 20, 2001 " The game of baseball has one quality different than all other sports; It does not build character, it displays it!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Chappman --- Louisiana June 18, 2001 " A dot becomes a line, a line becomes a shape, shapes become patterns, patterns become artwork. One must always remember to start at the pure basics. In the end, you'll end up with a masterpiece." --- Copyright © 2001 Cettina Raccuia June 18, 2001 " The definition of G.O.A.L.S: Guts to use an Opportunity to Achieve the next Level of Success." --- Copyright © 1993 Robert Proctor June 15, 2001 " Impossible: What no one can do until some one does." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E. Ochooa --- Texas June 15, 2001 " Don't think you can make up for something by trying twice as hard the next time. If you have it in you to do twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Christaal V. --- California June 13, 2001 " Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence." --- Henry Chester --- Submitted by Jenniferr Beale --- Ontario, Canada June 13, 2001 " The moment we attach the word "TRY" to an action we have given ourselves an excuse not to succeed simply because no commitment was ever given to accomplishing that action." --- Copyright © 2001 Charles Elizondo June 11, 2001 " Goals are dreams with dates attached." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anand DDatwani --- United Arab Emirates June 11, 2001 " If opportunity doesn't knock, go to his house and kick the door down." --- Written by David S. --- United Kingdom June 8, 2001 " Between yesterday's regrets and tomorrow's dreams Is today's opportunity." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anand DDatwani --- Dubai, United Arab Emirates June 8, 2001 " Courage is not the absence of fear, But acting in it's presence." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Oswald Harrison --- N.C.D, Papua New Guinea June 6, 2001 I Will The past I will retain, The future I will focus, The present I will prevail. --- Copyright © 1997 Scott Brenneman June 6, 2001 " Knowledge is knowing you'll never know everything, and success is never giving up the pursuit." --- Copyright © 2001 Mark Robson June 4, 2001 " You will never be able to change the past for anyone, but if you grasp the moment, you can change the future for everyone." --- Copyright © 2001 Amy D. Barnes June 4, 2001 " The best thing about being tired and weary at the end of a day, is the satisfaction that you have worked." --- Copyright © 2000 Amit Kapur June 1, 2001 " Be a person who makes things happen Rather than a person who lets things happen." --- Copyright © 2001 Benny Miles June 1, 2001 " Remember, it's not the problem that's the problem. It's your attitude about the problem, now that's the problem." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bro. Gaary Hahn --- Pennsylvania May 30, 2001 " OBSESSED - the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike C.. --- Ohio May 30, 2001 " Nothing is lost forever. Trying keeps the hope alive." --- Takeshi Kaneshiro --- Submitted by Byroon P., Age 18 --- Hong Kong May 25, 2001 " Higher the risk, greater are the rewards." --- Written by Akash M. --- MP, India May 25, 2001 " Winning my have pain, but losing has no pleasure." --- Copyright © 2000 Matt Purvis May 23, 2001 " Normal men wait for opportunities to make them great But true champions make opportunities." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joe S. --- New York May 23, 2001 " To excel in this world compete with only one person -YOU." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dr. Biswadip Chatterjee ---- Maharashtra, India May 21, 2001 " Reality is for people who can't handle their dreams." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emma G.. --- Florida May 21, 2001 " If I'm not, who will be?" --- Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Jeeni W. --- Texas May 18, 2001 " You are no less a special miracle than the day you were born." --- Copyright © 2001 Tom Rodal May 18, 2001 " If you are sitting, stand. If you are standing, walk. If you are walking, run. If you are running then run faster." --- Copyright © 2001 Celal Kucuk May 16, 2001 " Life is never so bad it can't get any worse, And never so good it can't get any better." --- Copyright © 1999 Anthony Westley May 16, 2001 " You are only truly beaten if you give up." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Trotttier --- Ontario, Canada May 14, 2001 " There are only two reasons people do not achieve their goals: The goal wasn't really that important to them, Or they didn't break it down into small enough pieces." --- Copyright © 1997 Steve Simons May 14, 2001 " If you can see life as a learning experience, You can turn any negative into a positive." --- Neve Campbell --- Submitted by D.K. ---- Indiana May 11, 2001 " A candle burns brightest in a dark room." --- Copyright © 1995 Jean-Paul Hebert May 11, 2001 " Accept everything except nothing." --- Copyright © 2001 Eric Wasson May 7, 2001 " Hindsight is for losers -- I'm playing again tomorrow night." --- Ron Hextall, Philadelphia Flyers goaliee, when asked what he thought after getting beaten for 5 goals in one game during the 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs. --- Submitted by R. Mizelle --- North Carollina May 7, 2001 " Look within yourself, you will find great resources." --- Copyright © 2001 Binu M. George May 4, 2001 " Never be afraid to try something new: Professionals built the Titanic, And amateurs built the Ark." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kathrynn Croker --- NSW, Australia May 4, 2001 " To consistently be the best means that you can never lower yourself To the level of your competition." --- David McGee --- Submitted by E. Ramirezz --- New York May 2, 2001 " Vision + Sacrifice + Patience = SUCCESS" --- Vern Ross --- Submitted by Bevan Prime --- Trinidad and Tobago May 2, 2001 " Practice like a champion today, and practice like a champion tomorrow, and soon you won't have to practice "like" a champion, but rather "as" a champion." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adam Coourter --- Missouri April 30, 2001 " If anyone can do anything, then I can do anything." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michael Peacock --- Westerrn Cape, South Africa April 27, 2001 " Sometimes the greatest inspiration is wanting it bad enough To not let anything get in your way; No matter what your flaws!" --- Copyright © 2001 Tammy Douglas April 27, 2001 " Laziness causes pain!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Luke Daavis --- North Carolina April 25, 2001 " Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --- Marie Curie --- Submitted by Brennan K.. --- Manitoba, Canada --- Author's name provided by Thomas J., Agge 14 --- Waikato, New Zealand --- 11/09/01 April 25, 2001 " To look is one thing To see what you look at is another To understand what you see is a third To learn from what you understand is still something else To act on what you learn is all that really matters." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Wael Shharabash --- Egypt April 23, 2001 " You have a greatest gift, that is life, so live it." --- Copyright © 2001 Edward J. Adams April 23, 2001 " There is no such thing as a problem. Problems have no solutions. There are however issues. These we can solve." --- Copyright © 1996 Gary Montgomery April 20, 2001 " Can't died when Could was born." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Wiills --- Missouri April 20, 2001 When have something someone else needs, You give it to them - unconditionally. When you need something that others have, You accept it from them - unconditionally. If you have all things, Then there is nothing left but to give of yourself - unconditionally. If you hold back, You can no longer give or take. The essence of family, of team, of life Is giving of yourself and acceptance from one another Unconditionally. --- Copyright ©2001 Kim Chorosiewski April 18, 2001 A champion is a person who wants to be the best They won't give up until they beat the rest. With hard work, persistence, and much dedication They go after their goal with plenty of determination. Training for that day they will become the best The day that they will beat the rest. And if they are beaten and told NO! They will laugh cause they already know They are a Champion! Because a champion does not lie within the best But only in the few with character, To work as hard as they can to beat the rest. --- Craig Brodmerkel --- Submitted by C.B. --- New York April 18, 2001 " You can have anything you want If you will give up the belief that you can't have it." --- Robert Anthony --- Submitted by Trina April 16, 2001 " Winners are losers who got tired of losing." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joey Lyynn Musich --- Washington April 16, 2001 " In order to get what you've never had, Do what you've never done." --- Copyright © 2000 Tockcey Smith April 13, 2001 " Hold on to the good things in life that you have accomplished, For they are a reminder of the goodness within you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachaell C. Castro --- California April 13, 2001 " Help your brother to climb the hill And you will find yourself nearer the top." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Priyanttha Perera --- Colombo, Sri Lanka April 11, 2001 FREEDOM Freedom is like the butterfly in the sky; Watching the sunset with your eyes, Feeling the joy from your heart and not your mind. Freedom is when you know that your life is not a lie, When your smile is genuine. Freedom is giving with a cheerful heart. Wouldn't you like to be FREE? --- Copyright © 1999 Yvonne Griffin April 11, 2001 " Life consists not in holding good cards, But in playing those you hold well." --- Josh Billings --- Submitted by Mike M. --- New York --- Author's name provided by Amy Y. --- Neew Jersey --- 4-23-01 April 9, 2001 " Imagination is much more important than knowledge." --- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Bryan Ostrowski --- Ohio --- Quote correction provided by Jeanine Grray --- 4-23-01 April 9, 2001 " Happiness lives for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lindsayy Jo --- California April 6, 2001 " A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel." --- Confucius --- Submitted by Barbara E. ---- New York April 6, 2001 " Experiments are ways to Discoveries." --- Copyright © 2000 Abhimanyu Sirohi April 4, 2001 " To achieve, is to believe. To attain, is to aspire." --- James Tan from ASA --- Submitted by Limm Le Heng --- Singapore April 2, 2001 " The Distance from failure to success is never been longer Than the bridge of HOPE." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Allen GG. --- Pampanga, Philippines March 30, 2001 " In life, as in sport, you never really lose it. You just have to find it." --- Copyright © 2001 Ricky Smith March 30, 2001 " Feel the fear...and do it anyway!" --- Susan Jeffers --- Submitted by Assumptaa Venkatachalam --- Australia March 28, 2001 " The will to prepare is as important as the will to win." --- Bud Wilkinson (Oklahoma football) --- SSubmitted by R. Johnston --- California March 28, 2001 " Most people give up what they want out of life Because they give in to the moment." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joseph Patrick --- Pennsylvania March 26, 2001 " The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it." --- George C. Scott --- Submitted by Jenniffer Yontz --- Florida March 26, 2001 " It is in caring and sharing that we discover that we are not only helping those dear to us, but bettering who we are and opening the gates fully to that which we can become." --- Copyright © 2000 Brian G. Jett March 23, 2001 " When we do things out of great love, rather than great expectation, More comes back to us than we could have ever imagined." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E. Sandder --- Australia March 23, 2001 " Attitude is a Choice." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cary Lyyle --- Kentucky March 21, 2001 " Achievement without adversity is boredom." --- Copyright © 2001 Stephen Simons March 21, 2001 " It's not the mistake you made; It's your recovery that makes the difference." --- Copyright © 2001 Dion Jay Thorpe March 19, 2001 " It is not where you stand, but in what direction you are moving. Sometimes we sail with the wind, sometimes we sail against it; but sail we must, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." --- Oliver Wendell Holmes --- Submitted by Meghan Ayers --- California March 19, 2001 " People may not believe what you say But they will believe what you do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tim Kappelanski --- Wisconsin March 16, 2001 " He never said it would be easy. He only said it would be worth it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.M. ---- Colorado March 16, 2001 " They can, because they think they can." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anurag Noida --- UP, India March 14, 2001 " When it gets dark, and no matter how dark it gets, The stars always come out. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder to find them." --- Nikki L. --- Kentucky March 14, 2001 " If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started." --- Marcus Garvey --- Submitted by Evette SSmith --- Kingston, Jamaica March 12, 2001 " Life is worth nothing more than the way that you have lived it." --- N. C. Gettler --- Submitted by Admiral Corban Elliott --- Colorado March 12, 2001 " Losers say what they can do. Winners show what they can do." --- Copyright © 1982 J.Cramer March 9, 2001 " A change in your thinking will change your situation And that will change the way you see your world." --- Copyright © 2001 Michael Humberstone March 9, 2001 " In competition, there is no past and there is no future. What matters the most is your hard work and your endurance!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Altamassh Khan --- Punjab, Pakistan March 7, 2001 " Courage is the willingness to take risk and act in spite of fear. Meaningful goals beget courage." --- Paul T.P. Wong Ph.D. --- Submitted by EEvette Smith --- Kingston, Jamaica March 7, 2001 " This is only the Land of Opportunity, If you choose to seize the opportunity." --- Copyright © 2001 John Jones March 5, 2001 " Always reach higher than what you can touch." --- Copyright © 2001 K. Vivian March 5, 2001 " Let your heart control your mind and your soul is truly free." --- Copyright © 2000 Kimberly Palermo March 2, 2001 " Regret has made this chapter so damn hard; I will not let the next chapter be so complex. So now, I will smile and just turn the page." --- Mr. B.--- Submitted by Michelle B. --- Texas March 2, 2001 " If the going is easy, beware. You may be headed downhill." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.A. ---- Washington February 28, 2001 " Dream big or don't dream at all." --- Joshua Wilke --- Submitted by T.M.M. ---- Montana February 28, 2001 " An average person puts only 25% of their energy and ability into their work. The world takes its hat off to those who put more than 50% capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%." --- Andrew Carnegie --- Submitted by Paul BBlanchette --- North Carolina February 28, 2001 " As you think, so you are. As you imagine, so you become." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.J. ---- NSW, Australia February 26, 2001 " Always have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, And always have the confidence to stand behind it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stacy CC. --- Ohio February 26, 2001 " Allow the unpredictable and love will connect with your soul." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jessicaa D. --- Nevada February 26, 2001 " I don't think you know how great and amazing you really are. I believe in you." --- Eric L. --- Kansas February 23, 2001 " You were given the power to fly your own plane and explore the world. You can fly it anywhere you desire and you're the only one who can control it. This is the power of your brain." --- Copyright © 2001 Sharon Rose February 23, 2001 " I want my life to be like music, full of depth, heart, and soul." --- Copyright © 2000 Ashlee Taylor February 23, 2001 " Now this is the Law of the Jungle- As old and as true as the sky: And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper But the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the Creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, The Law runneth forward and back. For the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf, And the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack." --- Rudyard Kipling --- Submitted by Amandaa J. --- Michigan February 21, 2001 " Behold the turtle, he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out." --- James Bryant Conant --- Submitted by Raachael C. --- Queensland, Australia February 21, 2001 " If you set higher goals, Then you will receive achievements greater Than you ever thought possible." --- Laura, Age 12 --- Maryland February 21, 2001 " Greatness is achieved through the heart and soul, Therefore the even weakest man can achieve Greatness." --- Copyright © 2000 Ahmad Haamid February 19, 2001 " Believe in you, I do!" --- J. Alan Peoples --- North Carolina February 19, 2001 " It's easier to go down a mountain than up; But the view is always best from the top!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony R.. --- California February 19, 2001 " And when the media tries to act your age Don't be seduced, they're full of rage FIND YOUR VOICE, DO WHAT IT TAKES MAKE SURE YOU MAKE LOTS OF MISTAKES And find the future that redeems Give us hell, give us dreams And grow and grow and grow" --- Dar Williams --- Submitted by L.H. --- Iowa February 16, 2001 " If you have discipline you can conquer the world. If you don't have discipline the world will conquer you." --- Copyright © 2001 Grant McCoy February 16, 2001 " Don't sweat the small stuff in life, Because everything in life is small stuff." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.M. ---- Illinois February 14, 2001 " Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached." --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Anuppama K. --- Minnesota February 14, 2001 " There are no winners or losers in life, only choosers." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.R. ---- South Dakota February 14, 2001 " Tomorrow is never promised." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Fernanddo Rodriguez Jr. --- California February 12, 2001 " The ability to concentrate and use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business- or almost anywhere else for that matter." --- Lee Iacocca --- Submitted by A. Grimal --- Florida February 12, 2001 " Who I am really keeps surprising me." --- Nikki Giovanni --- Submitted by Jennifeer Yontz --- Florida February 12, 2001 " A real friend helps us think our best thoughts, Do our noblest deeds, be our finest selves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sharon Ogden --- Kentucky February 9, 2001 " Aim high, swing low and earn a run." --- Copyright © 2001 Molly Russo February 9, 2001 Believe in Yourself Believe in yourself, For when you are young There is so much in life left to be done. Believe in yourself For when you are old The dreams you have dreamed Are more precious than gold. Believe in yourself, That when you are dead Others will follow the trails you have tread. --- Copyright © 1997 Beth Ferree February 9, 2001 " A happy person is not a person in a special set of circumstances But a person in a certain set of attitudes." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Soune DDethvongsa --- California February 7, 2001 " I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." --- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Jenniffer Yontz --- Florida February 7, 2001 " Don't wait for the moment to arise in order to seize it. Create the moment and have others seize it with you." --- Copyright © 2001 Damion Stapledon February 7, 2001 " The sign on the mountain of life reads: You can fall to the bottom or some how make way to the top." --- Copyright © 2001 Adam Key February 5, 2001 " Choosing a friend is like choosing a pair of shoes. They need to fit your requirements And be prepared to walk towards your goals." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.F Khaan --- Rotorua, New Zealand February 5, 2001 " A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you Even when you are fooling everyone else." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trish MMelton --- New York February 5, 2001 " Establish TRUE Friendships (As water with wine, the bond is inseparable)" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J S.Y.DD. Correia --- Hawaii February 2, 2001 " My thoughts direct my actions, My actions become my habits, My habits define my character, And, my character is the birthplace of my destiny." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.R. ---- Missouri February 2, 2001 " To know HOW to want it, is to know HOW to win it!" --- Copyright © 2000 Sabrina Winrow January 31, 2001 " Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant." --- Charles A. Cerami --- Submitted by Sharron Ogden --- Kentucky January 31, 2001 " Life is full of momentous up and catastrophic downs, But it is right in the middle, right where the road is straight and smooth That we find our true selves." --- Copyright © 1999 Vickie Winterhalter January 29, 2001 " People will always tell you what you can't do But they never tell you what you can do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.C. ---- Florida January 29, 2001 " You can have all the can-do attitude that you can have, But it won't do you any good if you don't do it." --- Copyright © 1998 Michael Cornejo January 29, 2001 " Fear is a creature we create; It has no more power than what we give it. It can do no more damage than what we allow." --- Copyright © 1998 Chester E.Thomas January 26, 2001 " When the world is spinning on cruise control for you, It's almost certain that someone else needs your help." --- Copyright © 2001 Joe Vargas January 26, 2001 " I know not all that may be coming, but be what it will, I'll go in laughing." --- From Moby Dick --- Submitted by James PP. --- NT, Australia January 26, 2001 " Never rush into disaster but plan for success!" --- Manasia Thorn --- Submitted by Dale Thoomas --- Florida January 24, 2001 " I don't care what kind of situation you're in. You just simply never, never and I mean never give up." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by PJ G. ---- Kentucky January 24, 2001 " All great discoveries are made by men Whose feelings run ahead of their thinking." --- C. H. Parkhurst --- Submitted by Jenniffer Yontz --- Florida January 24, 2001 " It's not the team with the best players, It's the players with the best team." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.V. ---- Ontario, Canada January 22, 2001 " No matter how difficult or challenging the task ahead may be... action always results in something landing behind you, where a lack of it with something on top of you!" --- Copyright © 1992 Mark Sheftell January 22, 2001 I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; Because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; For a might-have-been has never been, But a has-been was once an are." --- Milton Berle --- Submitted by Kristi C.. --- Texas January 22, 2001 The average player sprints until the breath in him is gone, But a champion has the iron will that makes him carry on. For rest, the average player begs when limp his muscles grow, But a champion runs on leaden legs; his spirit makes him go. The average player is complacent when he does his best to score, But a champion gives his very best and then he gives a little more. --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trent SSanders --- Utah January 19, 2001 " Remember that mental pain is the absolute torture in this mortal world. Physical pain? What is that? Survive your route mentally, not physically." --- Copyright © 2001 Frost Hon January 19, 2001 " Never forget where you were, were you are and where you want to go!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Irene SSavva --- Thessaloniki, Greece January 19, 2001 " Never forget who you are when you are half way up. You never know who is looking at you from the bottom or from the top." --- Copyright © 2001 S. Ward January 17, 2001 " Winning is the science of being totally prepared." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Angela G. --- Pennsylvania January 17, 2001 " For everything you have missed, you have gained something else." --- Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Submitted by Jennifer Meier --- Minnesoota --- Submitted by K. Scott --- Michigan January 17, 2001 " Going through life is like driving a car; Keep your eyes on the road you already passed, You'll miss all the wonders of what's ahead, And you will not see the obstacles coming until it's too late. Keep your eyes on the road you are on, not the one you were on." --- Copyright © 2001 Donald Richer January 15, 2001 " All it takes is all you have to give." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason SSegger --- Alberta, Canada January 15, 2001 " Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute." --- George Bernard Shaw --- Submitted by Prrabhat NR --- Karnataka, India January 12, 2001 " The past has passed. Maybe today, We can put the past away." --- J.V.F. --- Pennsylvania January 12, 2001 " Just be happy for the moment And do not worry about what tomorrow may bring; Because if you worry too long tomorrow becomes today." --- Copyright © 2000 Kisha Roberts January 12, 2001 " Inspiration comes from watching others. Motivation comes from within." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Heatherr W. --- Ohio January 10, 2001 " Believe in yourself and others will believe in you as well." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.D. ---- Massachusetts January 10, 2001 " It's the love you generate Not the things you accumulate That makes for a HAPPY life!!" --- Copyright © 2001 Wayne Barry January 10, 2001 " Make today the best day of the rest of your life." --- Copyright © 2000 Katie Mudersbach January 8, 2001 " So many people say, I'll believe it when I see it. You all must understand that you'll see it, when you believe it." --- Copyright © 2001 Steve Maraboli January 8, 2001 " In taking the narrow path you can only go as far and as fast as the slowest mind in front of you. Get it into passing gear, keep an open mind." --- Copyright © 1999 Jack Stevens January 5, 2001 " Enthusiasm finds the opportunities. Energy makes the most of them." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rani Bllakeney --- Australia January 5, 2001 " Can't does nothing. Try does it all." --- Grandma Detmer --- Submitted by John Grriffin --- Pennsylvania January 5, 2001 " Everything's in the mind, that's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step towards getting it. And when you want something and know you can have it, go after it before it's gone." --- Marianna T. --- California January 3, 2001 " The act of taking the first step Is what separates the winners from the losers." --- Brian Tracy --- Sent in by Andrew Ho ---- Malaysia January 3, 2001 " Life is like a rosebud waiting to unfold Open it gently, it's more valuable than gold It's a precious flower, hold on to it with care Travel with it through journeys everywhere Keep it protected near your heart It's your companion until you depart" --- Copyright © 2001 T.Sharkey January 3, 2001 " Caterpillars can FLY, if they would just lighten up!" --- Copyright © 1996 Scott J. Simmerman, Phh.D. December 29, 2000 " Life is only a combination of different experiences. Demand to enjoy them all." --- Copyright © 1994 Wayne Pocock December 29, 2000 " Dream not for yourself but dream for those whom you love and care for. For in every dream that this goal is realized, more dreams will follow; Dreams truly meant especially for you." --- Copyright © 2000 Oliver Juanir December 29, 2000 " I've learned one thing during my time on the soccer fields: It's amazing how fast you can run And the things you can do when you have a goal in mind. It applies to the rest of my life, too." --- Copyright © 2000 Jeremy Monnin December 27, 2000 " Dreams don't come true. Dreams are true." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renee MMitchell --- QLD, Australia December 27, 2000 " When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, everything is lost." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kavita Kalyanaraman --- India December 27, 2000 " Only we can choose how great of an impact our actions have on others, So choose something that does not discourage, but rather inspires." --- Aimee P. --- Guam December 22, 2000 " Don't get discouraged; It's usually the last key in the bunch that opens the lock." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Prachi Sharma --- Madhya Pradesh, India December 22, 2000 " Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance." --- Bruce Barton --- Submitted by Jennifer Gokmen --- Istanbul, Turkey December 22, 2000 " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight But they while their companions slept Were toiling upwards in the night." --- Longfellow --- Submitted by Kunjethy Meenachery --- Kerala, India December 20, 2000 " The Past is like a river flowing out of sight, The Future is an ocean filled with opportunity and delight." --- Copyright © 1998 Anna Hoxie December 20, 2000 " Life is too short to waste time blaming someone else for your failures. No one can make you fail. Life is never too short to take time to thank someone else for helping you succeed. Anyone can help you succeed." --- Copyright © 2000 Tim Renfro December 20, 2000 " Be not afraid of moving slowly, Be afraid only by standing still." --- Chinese Proverb --- Submitted by Nicolee A. --- Illinois December 18, 2000 " When you lose, don't lose the lesson." --- Dalai Lama --- Submitted by Sandeep Sakkhuja --- Karnataka, India --- Author's name provided by Daen Burris -- 06/25/01 December 18, 2000 " Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person." --- Mother Theresa --- Submitted by Andrew Ho --- Malaysia December 18, 2000 " Don't just dream dreams, live them." --- Copyright © 1986 Kent Miller December 15, 2000 " When traveling in troubled waters, Remember the only way to go up stream Is to turn your boat around." --- Copyright © 1990 J.S.Oliver December 15, 2000 " Use the talents you possess; For the woods would be very silent, If no birds sang except for the very best." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Christiina W. --- Ontario, Canada December 15, 2000 " A true journey lies not in the landscape, but in having new eyes." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cristinna Covert --- New Brunswick, Canada December 13, 2000 " To give love unconditionally requires that you close your eyes, See with your heart, touch with your soul and trust with your life." --- Copyright © 2000 Greg Olson December 13, 2000 " Willingness creates the ability to accomplish things. It is a choice, therefore be willing to believe!" --- Copyright © 1999 Rendy Tan December 13, 2000 " Life is a journey that we all must endure and experience. But it's a short lived one, so make every moment count. Follow your dreams, and never do any less than your best." --- Copyright © 2000 Joe Cronin December 11, 2000 " Tell me I can't; Therefore I will!" --- Copyright © 2000 Brandon Sams December 11, 2000 " We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Charless Seale, USMC --- Maryland December 11, 2000 " You don't drown by falling into the water. You drown by staying there." --- Nathan Morgan --- Submitted by Jenniferr M. --- Texas December 8, 2000 " Failure accepts no alibis. Success requires no explanation." --- Robert Rose --- Submitted by A. R. --- California, United States December 8, 2000 " To reach the destination, you have to move. To move, you might have to fall down. If you are afraid of falling down, don't move. If you don't move, you won't reach the destination." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mulyadyy Sutopo --- Victoria, Australia December 8, 2000 " Big sacrifices have to be made before wisdom is gain; The price may be high, but it's worth it." --- Copyright © 2000 Katherine Yang (aka Khhou) December 6, 2000 " We can let go of fear when we stop judging and stop projecting the past into the future, and live only in the present." --- Gerald Jampolsky --- Submitted by L.T. --- New South Wales, Australia December 6, 2000 " If you dare to be different and do not join the crowd If they laugh at your honesty and taunt you when you're proud When they talk of you in whispers and criticize the things you say and do Do not fear them but forgive them They are more afraid than you" --- Nan Witcomb --- Submitted by Verity Kowwal --- New South Wales, Australia December 6, 2000 " You may have a fresh start, any moment you choose; For this thing we call failure is not the falling down; But the staying down." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Grayce Elyzabeth L. --- Iowa December 4, 2000 " Heroes don't ask us to believe in them, They teach us to believe in ourselves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Abbie WWiesehan --- Missouri December 4, 2000 " Athletes are driven by commitment to their sport, to themselves, to excellence itself. Commitment fuels the extra mile, the final set, the last quarter, the sprint to the line, going on when the body begs to stop." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Leah S.. --- Illinois December 4, 2000 " The harder you try, the harder it is to fail." --- Vince Lombardi --- Submitted by Brandonn A. --- Hawaii December 1, 2000 " Many people come to crossroads in their lives Few people deal with these roads appropriately Honesty is the guiding path to lead us." --- Copyright © 2000 Richard Probert December 1, 2000 " Blame no one Expect nothing Do something" --- Gene Valvano --- Submitted by Scott Quiitadamo --- Georgia December 1, 2000 " My mother always told me that I could do whatever I believed I could do. The first, was to get rid of my braces." --- Wilma Rudolph --- Submitted by B. Perryy --- Nevada November 29, 2000 " You live life only once. Don't be afraid to challenge the negative and positive situations in life, it is part of everyone's life. It is up to you make things better. Being patient also helps." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Berdie Billah --- Arizona November 29, 2000 " Act as if you are And you will become such." --- Leo Tolstoy --- Submitted by A. Webb ---- Utah November 29, 2000 " New Beginnings In Life: What sometimes appears to be the end Is really a new beginning." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony Wiilliams --- Massachusetts November 27, 2000 " If you believe in yourself and never quit, you'll be a winner. The cost of victory is high - but so are the rewards." --- Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant --- Submitted by T.J. --- Alabama November 27, 2000 " It is hard to be a person that never gives up!" --- Babe Ruth --- Submitted by R.F. --- Iowwa November 27, 2000 " Don't let weeds grow around your dreams." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Martinee Hennion --- Western Cape, South Africa November 22, 2000 " If you run from your fears, you run from the world." --- Copyright © 1999 Kerr Lucas November 22, 2000 " You are unique. In all the world's history, there was never anyone like you, and in all the histories to come there will never be another you. Do it now, make your success. Make it count!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sharad Khare --- British Columbia, Canada November 22, 2000 " Things that we take for granted today, seemed impossible yesterday." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Annelizze Kraounakis --- Gauteng, South Africa November 20, 2000 Believe in yourself in whatever you do, Each challenge that comes will bring something new, Carry your spirit safe and sure, Open your heart and all is pure. Spread your wings and fly up high Believe in yourself, you can touch the sky! --- Copyright © 1999 Serena Giselle McRury November 20, 2000 " If you did something without knowing better, It was a learning experience. If you knew better and did it anyway, That was a mistake." --- Copyright © 2000 Erin Toplak November 20, 2000 " It is not that I have lost my dreams. My dreams have matured and I must mature with my dreams." --- Copyright © 2000 Susie Whitten November 17, 2000 " Life isn't all bad, and it is too short to get angry at." --- Copyright © 2000 Prue Bon November 17, 2000 " The only limits in your life are the ones you set for yourself." --- Copyright © 2000 Sue Kutz November 17, 2000 " Do not throw cold water On other peoples schemes Throw instead a lifeline To help them with their dreams" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.G. ---- Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom November 15, 2000 " Be better today than you were yesterday But not as great as you're going to be tomorrow." --- Bill Sharp --- Submitted by Sonja R. ---- California November 15, 2000 " When you feel like you're not going anywhere, Lift your mass and let the wind carry you along." --- Copyright © 2000 Jim Dybala November 15, 2000 " We need to have people who mean something to us; People to whom we can turn, Knowing that being with them is coming home." --- B. Cook --- Submitted by Mary Beth Stevven --- Wisconsin November 13, 2000 " Never say you can't, without trying at least once." --- Copyright © 1999 Joao Geraldo Ferreira November 13, 2000 " Everything that has come has past, The answers in the looking glass." --- Noel Gallagher --- Submitted by T McKeee --- United Kingdom November 13, 2000 " In our friends we see all the qualities we think we do not have." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Apryl PP. --- California November 10, 2000 " If you're going to do something, You've got to do it." --- Wesley Green --- Submitted by B.D.S. ---- Indiana November 10, 2000 " I'm going to try to work it out so at the end it's a pure guts race. And if it is, I'm the only one who can win." --- Steve PreFontaine --- Submitted by K.O.. --- Maryland November 10, 2000 " If you don't like what you're getting, Check out what you're giving." --- Copyright © 1997 Chase Stone November 8, 2000 " The product of living from the heart Is a genuine respect for other human beings and for oneself." --- Copyright © 2000 Erin Slocum November 8, 2000 " I will learn to trust myself, to love so deeply that it hurts and to feel the magnitude of a love so great that it empowers my body and soul." --- Copyright © 2000 Danielle Martin November 8, 2000 " Tough people are not born; They are made when no one is there for them, to wipe their tears." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ameya PPandit --- Missouri November 6, 2000 " When the well runs dry There's always the ocean, Requiring just A little more motion." --- Copyright © 1999 Bonnie M. Gulan November 6, 2000 " Every problem in your life carries a gift inside it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ephraimm Makwatse --- South Africa November 3, 2000 " There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. They teach the truth by living it." --- James A. Garfield --- Submitted by Adelline Fallon --- Pennsylvania November 3, 2000 " Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jared LL. --- New York November 3, 2000 " When faced with fear, one must certainly look deep inside of one's self And find that moment in their life where they had triumphed Against all odds and say to themselves: I'll get through this I'll get through this." --- Copyright © 2000 Justin Laursen November 1, 2000 " Every leaf falls with an unshakeable belief in new springtime." --- Copyright © 1997 Rogel Dias November 1, 2000 " Time is only your enemy when you try to kill it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shawn LLawson --- Indiana November 1, 2000 " In life there's no dead ends; Backstep and you will see a whole different picture!" --- Copyright © 1999 Kathryn Tai October 30, 2000 " What you achieve, how hard you play, Isn't determined by a person's skill or ability, But rather their heart and desire to do something better the next time, No matter how good they already are!" --- Copyright © 2000 M. Pickering October 30, 2000 " When you cannot run any further, keep running. When you cannot see yourself winning, win. Because if you think of stopping, you will. And if you see yourself losing, you will lose. Never give up, for this is what your opponent wants you to do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Scott DDuerden --- South Australia, Australia October 27, 2000 To James Live as I have taught you to run, Boy - it's a short dash. Dig your starting holes deep and firm. Lurch out of them into the straightaway With all the power that is in you. Look straight ahead to the finish line, Think only of the gold. Run straight. Run high. Run hard. Save nothing, and finish with an ecstatic burst That carries you hurtling through the tape to VICTORY. --- Frank Horne --- Submitted by Marie Turlley --- Massachusetts October 27, 2000 " All that is reality was once but a dream." --- Copyright © 2000 William Gaskins October 27, 2000 " I dreamed that someone gave good for evil, And the world was amazed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Diana BBarbu --- Michigan October 25, 2000 " Speed is measured in seconds Time is measured in days But courage, it can't be measured." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deewoonn Tan --- Singapore October 25, 2000 " Do you want to make a positive impact in this world? If so, then offer your smile to a child. Let every child you encounter see that this world can be a friendly place in which to grow and live. Belie all the negativity with which every child will be confronted. Be a ballast for good. You may never see the impact of this simple gesture, but it's ripples will extend to eternity." --- Copyright © 2000 Timothy S. Early October 25, 2000 " Positive people are Winners!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lisa Caamarata --- Texas October 23, 2000 " When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it - but all that had gone before." --- Jacob Riis --- Submitted by Dennis Warrriner --- New Brunswick, Canada October 23, 2000 " All your dreams and more can be attained when you become fully passionate at what you are doing, for passion is the ultimate in motivation. Apply passion to everything in your life and you CAN do anything. That I promise." --- Copyright © 2000 Chris Sweeney October 23, 2000 " All you can do, is all you can do. And all you can do is enough." --- Art Williams --- Submitted by Don Sivessind --- Illinois October 20, 2000 " Life is like running a race. Pain is endured, But when you hit the finish line, It is all worth it." --- Aaron C. --- Submitted by Nathan C. ---- Iowa October 20, 2000 " The control center of your life is your attitude." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.M. ---- Price Edward Island, Canada October 18, 2000 " Sacrifice pays off." --- Copyright © 2000 Karen Dove October 18, 2000 " If you believe you can, YOU CAN!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason LLindemann --- Virginia October 18, 2000 " Every cloud has a silver lining...that shines even in the darkest days." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Beverlyy Barksdale --- Washington October 16, 2000 " The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten. Rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable." --- Lance Armstrong --- Submitted by Brent Day --- British Columbia, Canada October 16, 2000 " Let the choices you make today Be the choices you can live with tomorrow." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L. Renee' --- Texas October 16, 2000 " Sometimes when you lose, you win." --- From the movie 'What Dreams May Come' --- Submitted by Leslie S. --- Pennsylvaniaa October 13, 2000 " Follow your dreams! Take one step at a time and don't settle for less, Jus