Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sri Chinmoy

Each good thought that you have encouraged and nourished is your life's true work of art.

Sri Chinmoy

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility.

Rudolf Nureyev

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Ruby Wax

People who say ... they're perfectly fine [are] more insane than the rest of us.

Ross Perot

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

Ron Jaworski

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

Roger Maris

You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.

Roger Staubach

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

Rush Limbaugh

I don't know about habit, we've had a practice of it for as long as I've been doing this program [the Rush Limbaugh show], and a lot of the motivation for it is defensive.

Rush Limbaugh

So 2000 to 2008 probably is the last time we had leadership in Washington with any power which had the belief that America is the solution to problems in the world/ America always has been. We've got some things wrong but our motivations and interests have always been aboveboard.

Rush Limbaugh

What could have John Edwards' motivations been to have the affair with Rielle Hunter, given his wife is smarter than he is and probably nagging him a lot about doing this, and he found somebody that did something with her mouth other than talk.

Wayne Gretzky

I miss all the shots I don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

Wayne Gretzky

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

Wayne Gretzky

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Wayne Dyer

It is very hard to enroll people in anything. And there is a very big difference between the words motivate and inspire. Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined. A highly motivated person takes an idea, goes out there, and won't let anybody interfere with them. Inspiration is exactly the opposite. If motivation is when you get hold of an idea and carry it through to its conclusion, inspiration is the reverse. An idea gets hold of you and carries you where you are intended to go.

Wayne Dyer

Failing is a judgment that we humans place on a given action. Rather than judgment, substitute this attitude: You cannot fail, you can only produce results.

Wayne Dyer

No-limit people are so in charge that they can trust their instincts, be childlike, be creative, do anything that makes sense to them and make their lives into what they really believe they want for themselves.

Wayne Dyer

All emanates from Source! ...You're not this body and its accomplishments. You are the observer. Notice it all; and be grateful for the abilities you've been given, the motivation to achieve, and the stuff you've accumulated. But give all the credit to the power of intention, which brought you into existence...

Wayne Dyer

Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary.

Wayne Dyer

Take a Deep Breath & Focus on What's Really Important.

Wayne Dyer

Don't allow the approval and attention of others to destroy you.

Wayne Dyer

There's only one boss in your life . . . and that's you! The person looking back in the mirror at you is the one you have to answer to every day.

Wayne Dyer

All that you need in order to have total happiness, fulfillment, and love in your life you already have right now, whoever you are, wherever you are.

Wayne Dyer

Send out anger and impatience, and that's what you'll get. Send out love, and you'll get back love.

Wayne Dyer

Imagine the word CANCEL being a huge rubber stamp in your mind. Stamp CANCEL on any self-defeating image you place in your head, and begin to think in a self-enhancing way.

Wayne Dyer

Fear of Failure becomes Fear of Success for those who Never Try Anything New.

Wayne Dyer

The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

Wayne Dyer

Motivation is when you get hold of an idea and carry it through to its conclusion, and inspiration is when an idea gets hold of you and carries you where you are intended to go.

Wayne Dyer

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Tory Burch

Being an entrepreneur isn’t just a job title, and it isn’t just about starting a company. It’s a state of mind. It’s about seeing connections others can’t, seizing opportunities others won’t, and forging new directions that others haven’t.

Tony Parker

When there is talk about the best point guards, sometimes they dont talk about me. But that is not my main motivation. They can talk about Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul. I still have the most rings.

Van Morrison

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.