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If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.
The more you gripe about your problems, the more problems you have to gripe about!
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.
To respond is positive, to react is negative.
While 9-5 and what happens on the job is important, what happens from 5-9, off the job, is infinitely more important.
If we grow weary and give up, the goal remains for someone else to achieve.
Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.
Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great
You have to 'be'' before you can 'do', and do before you can 'have'.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up.
Nothing so undermines organizational change as the failure to think through the losses people face.
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
Big thinking precedes great achievement.
The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.
He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.
Name it... and if you can dream it... you can achieve it.
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.
There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.
