"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."

-- Tobias Wolff, Writer

"Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success."

Rev. Randall R. McBride

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

Anna Freud

"The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time."

-- Ayn Rand, writer

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Do unto others the same way you want them to do to you

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else."

Winston Churchill

There is a piece in human body, if it sound, the whole body is sound and if it's bad the whole body is bad, that piece is your soul. - Muhammad (S A W)

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."

Calvin Coolidge

"Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

-- George Washington Carver, botanist

Make hay while the sun shine

"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it."

-- James Garfield, 20th U.S. President

Never look down on anybody except you are trying to lift them up

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."

Ivan Panin

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

Buddha

"Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead." -Les Brown

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."

Mahatma Gandhi

Always do good

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."

-- Woody Allen, Director

"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence."

Arthur Schopenhauer

If u can c me with ur eyes, then definitely I'm not invisible

Love your enemies because they help you to know that it is not yet uhuru.

"Don't let the past steal your present."

Cherralea Morgen

Man is still responsible , His success lies not with the stars, but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline.

- Frank Curtis Williams

It is not by power nor by might but by the spirit says the Lord of host, do your best and live the rest to God.

lola sammy:

It is not by power nor by might but by the spirit says the Lord of host, do your best and live the rest to God.

D bolded part reminds me of a song we used to sing

#Do your best x2, and leave the rest, boys and girls of Africa, do your best and leave the rest#

Dem days


@ sammy - Inspiring!

Once you have a clear vision, the universe will bend to your will.

Jamace

"Success is waking up in the morning and bouncing out of bed because there's something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you're good at - something that's bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again."

-- Whit Hobbs

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat."

-- Napoleon Hill, author

A-Z Tips On Motivation!

A. Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people, things and places. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams.”
B. Believe in yourself, and in what you can do.
C. Consider things from every angle and aspect. Motivation comes from determination. To be able to understand life, you should feel both the light and
the dark from both sides.
D. Don’t give in and don’t give up. Thomas Edison “failed” thousands of times before he came up with his invention and perfected the incandescent light bulb. Make motivation as your steering wheel.
E. Enjoy whatever you do. Work as if you don’t need money. Dance as if nobody’s watching. Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you’ll live forever. Motivation takes place when people are happy.
F. Family and Friends – are life’s greatest ‘F’ treasures. Don’t lose sight of them.
G. Give more than what is enough. Where does motivation and self growth take place at work? At home? At school? When you exert extra effort in doing things.
H. Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a moment, but these little stars will be your driving force.
I. Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don’t let other people to get the best of you. Stay away from toxic people – the kind of friends who hates to
hear about your success are not true friends at all.
J. Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And the key to failure is trying to please everyone.
K. Keep trying no matter how hard life may seem. When a person is motivated, eventually she sees a harsh life finally clearing out, paving the
way to self growth.
L. Love yourself. Love of self is what enables us to love others  with our full heart.
M. Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put into work clothes.
N. Never lie, cheat or steal. Lying, cheating and stealing are spiritual polutants. Always play a fair game, even if nobody is
watching.
O. Open your eyes. Observe the world around you. Understand what motivates you, and understand what demotivates you.
P. Practice. Practice is about immersing yourself into something until you become one with it. There are few better ways to motive yourself than to
become motivation itself.
Q. Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your fate and commit to it.
R. Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hear the little voice within us telling us to get started before others will get on their
feet and try to push us around. Remember, it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.
S. Stop procrastinating! "Just Do it".
T. Take control of your life. Discipline or self control jives synonymously with motivation. Both are key factors in self empowerment.
U. Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you should also learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to be understood the
second.
V. Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a dry land. Seeing your target enables you to achieve it significantly more easily.
W. Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing. And to believe is something that is rooted out from the roots of motivation and self
growth.
x. X-Factor is what will make you different from the others. When you are motivated, you tend to have “extras” in your life like extra time for
family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on. These “extras” are often the things that distinguish you from the unmotivated.
Y. You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like you. Value your life and existence, because you’re just going to spend it once.
Z. Zero in on your dream and go for it!!!

"Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance."

Samuel Johnson

"Trying times are not the times to stop trying."

Ray Owen