Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brandon Sanderson

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

Aretha Franklin

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Babe Ruth

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Babe Ruth

A part of control is learning to correct your own weaknesses. The person doesn't live who was born with everything. Sometimes he has one weak point, generally he has several. The first thing is to know your faults. And then take on a systematic plan of correcting them. You know the old saying about a chain only being as strong as its weakest link. The same can be said in the chain of skills a man forges.

Ashwin Sanghi

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

Bear Bryant

When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.

Barbara Corcoran

Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

Brian Schweitzer

The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on. Ask President Ed Muskie how it worked out to be the front-runner. Ask President Howard Dean how it worked out.

Brian Tracy

Dare to go forward. Courage is the mark of greatness in leadership

Brian Tracy

Leaders tap into the emotions of their people by getting excited themselves

Brian Tracy

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Brian Tracy

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Brian Tracy

Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

Brian Tracy

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

Brian Tracy

The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.

Brian Tracy

If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

Brian Tracy

Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it's to be, it's up to me.

Brian Tracy

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

Brian Tracy

The more excited and committed you are to your work, the more excited and committed will be the people around you. The leader always sets the tone for the department or organization.

Brian Tracy

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

Brian Tracy

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

Brian Tracy

Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.

Brian Boitano

From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.

Jan Schakowsky

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

Jamie Dimon

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.

C. L. R. James

One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.

Cathy Freeman

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

Cathy Freeman

I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian athlete having a go. It isn't until they see the full Cathy Freeman picture that they realise how proud I am of my ancestry and heritage. I'd like a little more tolerance and acceptance of my culture and all the differing cultures that make up Australia.

Cathy Freeman

I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.

Caryl Churchill

[Margaret] Thatcher had just become prime minister; there was talk about whether it was an advance to have a woman prime minister if it was someone with policies like hers: She may be a woman but she isn't a sister, she may be a sister but she isn't a comrade.