- Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
Philip Sidney
- Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
Kyle Chandler
- A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Ayn Rand
- No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
William Blake
- Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs
- I am not afraid… I was born to do this.
Joan of Arc
- Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William Butler Yeats
- You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
- I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
Dean Koontz
- You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
George Lucas
- You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry Ford
- Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
Denis Waitley
- Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Saint Teresa of Avila
- To begin, begin.
William Wordsworth
- If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
John D. Rockefeller
- The more things you do, the more you can do.
Lucille Ball
- I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Brian Tracy
- Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.
Elbert Hubbard
- Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Julie Andrews
- The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.
Philip Emeagwali
- Always desire to learn something useful.
Sophocles
- Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
John Dewey
- Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Sasha Cohen
- He conquers who endures.
Persius
- Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- You will never win if you never begin.
Helen Rowland
- Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson
- Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.
Allen Ginsberg
- The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.
Muhammad Iqbal
- The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Thomas Paine
- 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.
Muhammad Ali
- Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Alfred A. Montapert
- Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Gordon B. Hinckley
- The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
Bobby Knight
- Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
Carl von Clausewitz
- Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
Albert Schweitzer
- One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.
Michael Korda
- Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.
George Whitefield
- They can conquer who believe they can.
Virgil
- No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
Jessica Savitch
- You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
Ted Turner
- Wherever you are – be all there.
Jim Elliot
- Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
H. L. Hunt
- Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
Victor Kiam
- Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
Benjamin Jowett
- A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Napoleon Hill
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
- Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
Tom Stoppard
- Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
Stephen Hawking
- March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.
Khalil Gibran
- If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
- The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Mark Caine