Best 15461 quotes in «motivational quotes» category

Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Our system - of debt-fueled economic growth, of ineffective democracy, of overloading planet Earth - is eating itself alive.

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.

Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.

O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

Part of the magic of the experience lay in the sheer beauty of the setting: the breathtaking sight of the high mountains, the sweep of the sky, the panorama of the great valley. The beauty drives you out of the self for a moment - so that for this time, the self is not.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.

Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.

Pause now to ask yourself the following question: 'Am I dreaming or awake, right now?' Be serious, really try to answer the question to the best of your ability and be ready to justify your answer.

Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.

Pay close attention to detail in whatever it is you are doing. Be specific and expect quality from your performance.

Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must triumph.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?

People are in such a hurry to launch their product or business that they seldom look at marketing from a bird's eye view and they don't create a systematic plan.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.

People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.

People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling them, "I work insanely hard because people said I couldn't do it." When someone tells me I can't do something, or that I'll never achieve my goals and visions, I am determined to prove them wrong.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People create success in their lives by focusing on today. It may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It's too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. That's why today matters. Most of the time we miss that.

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.

People from pre-sexual revolution and even from the 60s and the birth of the gay movement still define gay as two men or two women having sex. Our generation defines it from a more emotional standpoint. To be gay means you are drawn to the same sex. But it's a part of who you are, an identity, not an act.

People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions.

People may call what happens at midlife 'a crisis,' but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're 'supposed' to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are.

People go through challenging moments of losing people and of having their life threatened from illness and real grief. But they get through it. And that's the testament to the human spirit and it's -we are fragile, but we also are divine.

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in them as food.

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

People must not only hear about the kingdom of GOD, but must see it in actual operation, on a small scale perhaps and in imperfect form, but a real demonstration nevertheless.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.