Quotes on Motivational

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.

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.

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

Many people try to avoid pressure, yet the absence of any tension or pressure usually creates a sense of boredom and the lackluster experience of life that so many people complain about.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably_x000D_ become as ordinary as they expect you to be.

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.