Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
topic: Character, Destiny, Watches, Journey To Success, Inspirational Achievement


If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.
topic: Thinking, Rowing, Future Dreams, Unknown Motivational
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
topic: Motivation, Firsts, Steps, Inspirational Moving On, First Steps
Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.
source: George Shinn (1994). “The Miracle of Motivation”, Tyndale House Pub
topic: Change, Mean, Risk, Change Growth, Shack
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
topic: Inspirational, War, 4th Of July, Management Motivation, Inspirational Softball
Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
topic: New Year, Happy New Year, Where You Are, First Steps, Just Move On
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
source: Lance Armstrong (2010). “Every Second Counts”, p.4, Random House
topic: Motivational, Leadership, Sports, Motivational Exercise, Success Failure
If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.
topic: Truth, Memories, Long, Way In Life, Inspirational Change
source: A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
topic: Inspiration, Way, Way In Life, Young Entrepreneurs, Creating Worlds
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
topic: Powerful, Deepest Fear, Our Deepest Fear, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech
Well done is better than well said.
topic: Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports, Job Well Done, About Success
Move from the known to the unknown.
source: B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.22, Shambhala Publications
topic: Moving, Unknown Worlds, Shack, Change And Growth, Unknown Motivational
Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.
topic: Inspirational, Sympathy, Kindness, Random Acts Of Kindness, Outgoing
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
source: "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Courage To Change, Times Have Changed
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
topic: Inspirational, Positive, Basketball, Softball Team, Inspirational Hard Work
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
source: Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Live For Yourself, Life Going On
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
topic: Life, Funny Inspirational, Honesty, Way In Life, Trustworthiness
Silence is sometimes the best answer
topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, My Cowboy, Cowboy Wisdom
The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.
topic: Past, Way, Study, Way In Life, Young Entrepreneurs
Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.
source: Cathy Hopkins (2009). “Friend Me: Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras; Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses; Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas”, p.24, Simon and Schuster
topic: Stress, Waiting, Swim, Motivational Swimming, Waiting For Forever
Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.
topic: Courage, Determination, Swimming, Waiting For You, Motivational Swimming
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
topic: Inspirational, Success, Softball, Destined, Ladder Of Success
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Positive Change, Nautical
topic: Worry, Way, Live By, Way In Life, Young Entrepreneurs
If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!
topic: Memories, Needs, Good Memories, Way In Life, Being Truthful