Best 15461 quotes in «motivational quotes» category

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

After what seemed like an eternity, we finally reached the summit just as the sun was rising. I couldn't believe that we had actually done it. We were standing at the highest point in all of Africa, looking down at the clouds below us, with the sun directly in front of us, its rays welcoming us to the beginning of a new day. It didn't seem like this was something that humans were meant to experience, yet here we were

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

A good garden may have some weeds.

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

A journey to Thousand miles begins with one step

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don't worry so much about what you can't do; just do what you can as only you can do it.

A liar should have a good memory.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.

All goal setting must be immediately followed by both the development of a plan, and massive and consistent action toward its fulfillment.

All great things have small beginnings.

All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything just like it before, never will be again. A young man ought to get that idea about himself; he should look for the single spark of individuality that makes him different from other folks, and develop that for all he is worth. Society and schools may try to iron it out of him; their tendency is to put it all in the same mold, but I say don't let that spark be lost; it is your only real claim to importance.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.

All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life itself.  This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life.  The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret.

All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water faucet off when you're brushing your teeth from afar. Or to compost. Or to buy 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Or to utilize vintage stores and secondhand markets. Or to fully devote yourself to only buying vegetables from local sources. It is remarkably easy to incorporate sustainable choices into our everyday, busy lives.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.