You've got to be in a determined state in order to succeed.
Make your goal to do a tremendous amount to improve your audience's lives.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
You and I must realize that the English language is filled with words that, in addition to their literal meanings, convey distinct emotional intensity. For example, if you develop a habit of saying you 'hate' things - you 'hate' your hair; you 'hate' your job; you 'hate' having to do something - do you think this raises the intensity of your negative emotional states more than if you use a phrase like 'I prefer something else'?
You can't make anybody do anything, if they don't want to.
People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they're doing something differently than everyone else.
The wealthiest person on earth is the one who appreciates
Repetition is the mother of skill.
I don't think I have any regrets, but I can tell you what I learned from mistakes or failures. I've had plenty of those. I just don't believe in regret, and my economic world is not what I would ever have imagined; I'm financially free.
I'm going to make my life everyday about being a blessing in people's lives. If I'm a blessing to people's lives, then there will be nothing to worry about again.
If you want a fulfilled life, stop thinking about wealthy people and what they have and you don't. Stop thinking from a place of scarcity.
You're far more likely to lose the weight and keep it off if you lose slowly, perhaps ½ to 1 pound a week, exercise moderately, and find that replacement for comfort, connection, and control. That's a doable long-term plan.
Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power-it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.
I want to be remembered as a great friend, an outstanding father, an amazing husband, and a good soul who always strived to serve God and man. And during that time of service on earth, I would like people to think, "He brought joy, love, opportunity, and fulfillment to millions of people."
Innovation is an ongoing process that you build into your culture.
Everybody's life is either rewarding or an example.
The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.
Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.
If you're feeling really sad, there is only one reason: it's because you're deleting all the reasons you could be feeling good. And if you're feeling good, it's because you're deleting all the bad things you could be focusing on.
Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys.
As a general comment on baseball:"90% of the game is half mental."
All personal breakthroughs being with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain to the old belief.
I love baseball, I really do. I always told my Dad, I'm not gonna make it working... I like to play ball too much. Which I did. I played hard. You gotta work at this game. You really do. And its fun doing it if you do it the right way.
Break through the bonds of your past.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
It's your decisions, not your conditions, which shape your life.
Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself
All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.
I can't give other people what I've not experienced to some extent myself. It sharpens your game and also, like any athlete, you're more fit because you have to be. You're getting ready because you have a reason to.
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
I don't know. How hot is it supposed to be?
There are millions of business ideas out there but only a tiny percentage of businesses succeed.
You either master money, or, on some level, money masters you.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
When you know what's most important to you, making a decision is quite simple.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Knowledge is potential; action is power.
Losing's a great motivator.
No matter if the path is tough, and your nights are long,So long as your cause is noble and your mind is strong.
A problem is a question you haven't yet answered to a level that has fulfilled you.
Never leave the site of a goal without first taking some form of positive action towards its attainment. Right now, take a moment to define the first steps you must take to achieve some goal. What can you do today to move forward?
I'm always loading my brain with new ways of looking at something.
It gets late early out there.
Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future.
You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.
I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.
What makes a good man?
The road to success is always under construction. It is a progressive course, not an end to be reached.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
I learned to park outside of Denny's because it's 24 hours. I made a deal at a 7-Eleven with a mailman so I could get my mail delivered there.
The beliefs that we use to define our own individuality, what makes us unique - good, bad, or indifferent - from other individuals.
