Quotes about Motivation

You can never rise any higher than your expectations of yourself. Since they are completely under your control, be sure that your expectations are consistent with what you want to see happen. Always expect the best of yourself.

As you begin to see yourself and think about yourself as more competent and confident, your behavior becomes more focused and effective.

The more you discipline yourself to persist on a major task, the more you like and respect yourself, and the higher is your self-esteem.

Each act of self-discipline strengthens every other act of self-discipline. Every act of persistence strengthens every other act of persistence. When you discipline yourself to persist, over and over, you like and respect yourself more and more. You become stronger and more confident. Eventually, you become unstoppable.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

True self-confidence does not come from positive wishing or positive hoping or positive thinking. It comes from positive knowing based on having proven to yourself, over and over again, that you have what it takes to get from wherever you are to wherever you want to go.

THE FIRST SECRET of self-made millionaires is simple: Dream Big Dreams!

Some authors suggest that you write down and review your goals once a month, others once a week. What I learned was the power of writing and rewriting your goals every single day.

Knowing why you're doing things does not automatically mean that you know how to change them. If you really want change, worry less about the why and concentrate more on the how. It is often easier and faster for us to change from the outside than to change from the inside.

The only real cure for fear or worry is disciplined, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.

The very act of visualizing yourself performing at your best prior to any event or activity will improve your performance.