It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
— St. Clement of Alexandra
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.
— Aristotle
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
— William B. Sprague
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome
— Samuel Johnson
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
— Confucius
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
— Lucretius
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first
— Shakespeare
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
— Jim Ryun
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
— Zig Ziglar
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
— Andrew Carnegie
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.
— Wayne Dyer
If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
— Zig Ziglar
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not
— Carl Jung
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem
— Virginia Satir
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
— B. F. Skinner
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.
— Groucho Marx