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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
To succeed, we must first believe that we can.
Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Greatness doesn’t come from what you do, but from who you are.
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.
When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
Patience is the art of hoping.
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.
You can do anything you put your heart, mind and soul into. Far more than you can imagine. Be fearless. Do it.
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Never turn down a job because you think it's too small, you don't know where it can lead.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search for ways to make things work.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
Learn from the negative as well as the positive, from the failures as well as the successes.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills
