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One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?
Everybody needs some inspiration, Everybody needs some motivation, mix it up with some imagination, and use your natural gifts.
Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability.
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerly believe and enthusiastically act upon ... must inevitably come to pass.
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.
We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It's always a positive force.
I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.
Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.
The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.
Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
When you succeed be proud of yourself and know that not everyone gets to experience the thrill of success on a consistent basis.
I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck.
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.
Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released.
Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain
When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.
The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are that Infinite.
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Wanting to win isn't enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.
Moving forward is not based upon your past; your future is exclusively determined by the decisions you make now, in this moment.
Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
Relaxation is the prerequisite for that inner expansion that allows a person to express the source of inspiration and joy within.
One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.
Instead of labeling and discriminating against one or the other, we need to learn to blend our gifts and complement our geniuses.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.