Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Norris

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

Julia Cameron

Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.

Knute Rockne

I have to get the most energy out of a man and have discovered that it cannot be done if he hates another man. Hate blocks his energy and he isn't up to par until he eliminates it and develops a friendly feeling...(towards all his teammates.)

Knute Rockne

We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose.

Knute Rockne

There is no need for me continuing unless I'm able to improve.

Knute Rockne

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

Knute Rockne

Win or lose, do it fairly.

Knute Rockne

One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.

Knute Rockne

On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

Knute Rockne

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

Myles Munroe

Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for

Moliere

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

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

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

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.

Ivan Lendl

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved.

H. G. Wells

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

H. G. Wells

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Every once in a while, take the scenic route.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

George Herbert

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Gene Mauch

Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking

Gene Mauch

Most one-run games are lost, not won.

Gene Kelly

I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer and taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.

Friedrich Nietzsche

No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?

Jean Nidetch

You can do anything you want to. Follow your dreams; because if you say you can't do it, you'll spend the rest of your life proving it.

Gerald R. Ford

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

Jessica Savitch

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.