“It does not count if you believe in yourself when it's easy to believe in yourself. It counts when it's hard to believe in yourself, when it looks like the world's going to end and you've still got a long way to go. That's when it counts.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.caTagged: Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, Change, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenges
“The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fi…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Time, Commitment, motivation, Empowering
“Dude, suckin' at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.”— Jake, amazon.comTagged: motivation, adventure time
“I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never…”— Brian Tracy, goodreads.comTagged: Success, Successful People, Motivational, motivation, Self-Direction
“If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great.”— Tom Hanks, brainyquote.comTagged: inspiration, motivation, Hard Work, Work, Change
“Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”— Carlos Castaneda, thinkexist.comTagged: strength, character, perseverance, Self-Development, Self-Direction
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”— Jack London, brainyquote.comTagged: inspiration, Creativity, Work, Concentration, motivation
“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”— Alfred A. Montapert, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Problems, Challenges, Rising To Challenges, Change, Overcoming Obstacles
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”— Lemony Snicket, goodreads.comTagged: Waiting, Taking Action, motivation, Self-Direction
“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”— Samuel Beckett, amazon.comTagged: Success, Failure, Dreams, Motivational
“When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.”— Evelyn Waugh, brainyquote.comTagged: Limitations, Self-Direction, Self-Pity, Personal Growth, Motivational
“It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.comTagged: Failure, perseverance, strength, Moving Forward
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”— James A. Michener, brainyquote.comTagged: perseverance, character, Failure, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenges
“You ruin your life by tolerating it. At the end of the day you should be excited to be alive. When you settle for anything less than what you innately desire, you destroy the possibility that lives inside of you, and in that way you cheat both yourself and the world of your potential.”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Life, Happiness, Reality, Inspirational, Self-improvement
“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.comTagged: ENFP, ENTP, Change, Revolutionary, Self-Direction
“The good news is, this wouldn't be the first time someone's crawled,tooth and nail, out of hell.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.caTagged: Suffering, Pain, Overcoming, Overcoming Obstacles, Rising To Challenges
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say No to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger Yes burning inside. The enemy of the best is often the good.”— Stephen R Covey, amazon.comTagged: Priorities, Self-Direction, Making Decisions, Staying Focused, Determination
“Stop wallowing and remember: the more decisions you make, the more your life is your own.”— Alina Simone, amazon.comTagged: Wallowing, Self-Pity, Decisiveness, Autonomy, Self-Direction
“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Fate, Destiny, Empowering, Self-Direction
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”— J.K. Rowling, goodreads.comTagged: Choices, Self-Direction, Abilities, character
“Find out who you are and then do it on purpose.”— Dolly Parton, goodreads.comTagged: character, Self-Development, Self-Direction, Finding Yourself, Self-awareness
“If you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.comTagged: Problems, Complaining, Solving Problems, Overcoming Obstacles
“'Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.””— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Dreams, Idealism, Overcoming Obstacles, Challenge, Rising To Challenges
“You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.”— Nora Roberts, goodreads.comTagged: Happiness, Work, Taking Risks
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”— Andy Warhol, amazon.comTagged: Change, Life, Creating Change, 107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature, Perfect Sentences
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.comTagged: Confidence, Action, Motivational
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.comTagged: Change, Power, Control, Self-Direction, Inspirational