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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.
The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.
Truth alone triumphs, not untruth. Through truth alone lies the way to Devayana (the way to the gods). Those who think that a little sugar - coating of untruth helps the spread of truth are mistaken and will find in the long run that a single drop of poison poisons the whole mass ... The man who is pure, and who dares, does all things.
Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run, attain to absolute freedom.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.
The World we all share is given to us in trust. Every choice we make regarding the earth, air, and water around us should be made with the objective of preserving it for all generations to come.
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren reads - at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out.
Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.
Seek wisdom. Wisdom waits to be gathered. She cannot be bartered or sold. She is a fight for the diligent. And only the diligent will find her. The lazy man - the stupid man - never even looks. Though wisdom is available to many, she is found by few. Seek wisdom. Find her, and you will find success and contentment.
The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.
I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.
"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence. I'd always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it.
If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.
If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.
A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
One cannot get through life without pain...What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.
My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won.
My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.
I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.
It's a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure...you will never know what you can do until you try. However the sad truth is, that most people never try anything until they know they can do it.
If you want to be the best, Work hardier than the rest. If you don't want to be the best, Just work like the rest.
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
The day that you stop learning is the day that you start decreasing your rewards and start suffering from frustration and lower levels of satisfaction.
You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.
When you start doing what you love to do, you will never work another day in your life.
At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.
The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.
Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.
It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what is being said. Bear in mind I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to "this is this" or "that is that." I will be more than satisfied if you begin to learn to investigate everything yourself from now on.
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power.
The ability to know that your perceptions are accurate has to happen without others' validation. Intuition is not the result of diet, rituals, or wind chimes. It's the natural consequence of having self-esteem, the greatest power you can have. With self-esteem, your life can broaden into an adventure because you can know in your gut that you can handle the unknown. And you can handle helping others without fear, which is true liberation.
Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven't done.
Nobody picks on a strong man.
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.
Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.
If we don't try, we don't do and if we don't do why are we here on earth?
I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.
Know your limits, not so that you can honor them, but so that you can smash them to pieces and reach for magnificence.
Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward. I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something.
It's easier to limit yourself, but if you do, you will never reach your true potential.
When you are exhausted from trying, try just one more time.
I have an addictive personality. Sport is my drug of choice these days. It's one of the best drugs there is. It keeps you fit and healthy, even if, in the case of ironman, it pushes your body to the limit. The word "addiction" comes with negative connotations, but it doesn't have to be a damaging impulse. It's all about channeling your craving into something positive.
To me, every person who smoked was voluntarily killing themselves, and doing it quite openly.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
You've got to make a decision: Are you going to go down with the situation, or are you going to focus and succeed? My dream...kept me going.
A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time, never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature.
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
If you could have won, you should have.
I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.
You are not what you think you are, but WHAT YOU THINK, the thoughts that habitually possess your mind, that is what you are
It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Every one minute you spend in planning will save you at least three minutes in execution.
Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.
The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
The enemy is a very good teacher.
It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
World peace begins with inner peace.
I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time than to sleep later and spend the entire day controlled by time.
History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?
Determination is the strength needed to succeed.
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
During job interviews, when they ask: 'What is your worst quality?', I always say: 'Flatulence'. That way I get my own office.
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.
The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.
Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.
We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become.
Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success isn't based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never...yes, never...sell yourself short.
If I'm going to get in these races and run against the best guys, I'm going to be there with them. And if I die, then I die, but I'm not going to walk away from the track saying, 'I didn't give everything.' Ever again.
I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream... allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Dream big; at least you will have the joy of reaching for the stars instead of living in a box filled with unopened gifts.
Think about what it feels like when you interact with someone who makes you notice what's good about yourself (raising your status), who is clear with his expectations of you (increasing certainty), who lets you make decisions (increasing autonomy), who connects with you on a human level (increasing relatedness), and who treats you fairly.
Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.
Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment.