Best 15461 quotes in «motivational quotes» category

The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs but goes right to work on the creative how.

The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however you define it, does not seem to be one of them.

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

The hunger and desire to go racing, however, never leaves your blood but the right opportunity has never really come along - until now that is.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.

The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I'd be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.

The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

The important thing was that I got the win. It's good for confidence and the season.

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.

The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interests wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before, and which they were not capable of alone.  The consciousness of belonging, vitally, to something beyond individuality; of being part of a personality that reaches we know not where, in space and time, greatens the heart to the limit of the souls ideal, and builds out the supreme character.

The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.

The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.

The key is to trust in your preparation. You have done all you can, so focus on that fact. You will remain the same person before, during and after the race, so the result, however important, will not define you. The journey is what matters.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

The key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.

The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think about the one, talk to the one, regard the one, serve the one. If you are sincere and constant, you will discover that gradually your influence with the many will be magnified.

The key to the many is often the one; it is how you regard and talk about the one in that one's absence or presence that communicates to the many how you would regard and talk about them in their presence or absence.

The key to a good life is this: If you're not going to talk about something during the last hour of your life, then don't make it a top priority during your lifetime.

The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them come true.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.

The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.

The leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. He puts himself in their shoes and helps them make their dreams come true. The leader does not say, "Get going!" Instead he says, "Let's go!" and leads the way. He does not walk behind with a whip; he is out in front with a banner.

The law of cause and effect: If you do what other successful people do, you will eventually get the results that other successful people get.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.

The less you have, the less you have to worry about.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

The life of your dreams, everything you would love to be, do or have, has always been closer to you than you knew, because the power to everything you want is inside you.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.