In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand read more

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes

I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes

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.

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.

Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies read more

Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.