Famous Quotes & Sayings

Myles Munroe

Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision

Moliere

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Milton Friedman

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

Mike Dooley

Think that it's fun, that you're guided, and that all is well. Think that there's time, that life is easy, and that the best is yet to come. Think that the reasons that elude you will one day catch up, that the lessons that stumped you will one day bring joy, and that the sorrows that have crippled you will soon give you wings. Think that you're important, that you cannot fail, and that happiness always returns. And think that you're beautiful.

Mike Ditka

Success is about having. Excellence is about Being!

Mike Ditka

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

Mike Ditka

Those who live in the past are cowards and losers.

Mike Ditka

Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

Mike Ditka

The greatest gift we have is the gift of life.

Mike Ditka

Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it; some people have it in their bellies, and some don't.

Mike Ditka

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Mike Ditka

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

Nate Silver

Racism is predictable. It's predicted by interaction or lack thereof with people unlike you, people of other races.

Natalia Makarova

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

Nancy Mitford

If one can't be happy, one must be amused....

Ken Wilber

Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend.

Kelly Slater

Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.

Keith Barry

I'm going to show you all how easy it is to manipulate the human mind once you know how.

Kathryn Schulz

Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.

Kathryn Schulz

The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.

Kathryn Schulz

I had drunk our great cultural Kool-Aid about regret, which is that lamenting things that occurred in the past is an absolute waste of time, that we should always look forward and not backward, and that one of the noblest and best things we can do is strive to live a life free of regrets.

Katherine Schwarzenegger

Walking around a slum in a third world country quickly puts into perspective what really matters in life. It grounds you in a way that you can't experience without getting out of your bubble at home.

Katherine Schwarzenegger

In our culture, we grow up thinking that failure is a terrible thing, that it's a setback, or worse, the end. Often it turns out to be the beginning of something better.

Katherine Schwarzenegger

If you can create a career built on passion, your chances for success, fulfillment, and longevity are far greater than if you take any old job simply for the paycheck.

Karen Thompson Walker

Fear is ... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.

Karen Thompson Walker

Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?

Julia Sweeney

Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit ... Santa, who was jolly - but, let's face it, he was also very judgmental.

Julian Clary

It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation.

Ken Kesey

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Ken Kesey

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

Ken Kesey

The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer. They think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.

Kris Jenner

My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.

Kirsty Coventry

There are younger, stronger swimmers coming up and they are hungry. I can't influence what they do, I only know what I can do and I know how greedy I am to defend my title.