Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jodi Picoult

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

Jodi Picoult

You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.

P. T. Barnum

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

Mark Messier

I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.

Mark McKinnon

Go Hard or Go Home, but never go home hard!

Mary Lou Retton

Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.

Mary Lou Retton

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

Marvin Davis

Perfecting the past blurs your focus of the future.

Marvin J. Ashton

Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.

Nawal El Saadawi

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

Neal A. Maxwell

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

Muhammad Ali

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

Muhammad Ali

When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.

Muhammad Ali

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

Muhammad Ali

Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion.

Muhammad Ali

I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.

Muhammad Ali

A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.

Muhammad Ali

Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!

Muhammad Ali

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

Muhammad Ali

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Muhammad Ali

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Muhammad Ali

You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

Muhammad Ali

How many push ups do you do? I don't know. I only starts counting when it starts hurting

Muhammad Ali

I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick!

Mae West

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Louis L'Amour

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.

Lorrie Fair

Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too.

Lorrie Fair

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation.

Liza Minnelli

Reality is something you rise above.

Michael Jordan

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

Michael Jordan

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

Michael Jordan

I've never been afraid to fail.