Epictetus
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.