"We may not like every place that we explore along the way, but each one gives us the opportunity to learn a little more about ourselves, for the places we dislike can, in their own way, be just as rewarding as the ones we like. Exploring these places, especially if it means going through some difficult times, does take courage. I know that, believe me."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"Whatever it is you want, you must plan, put in time and effort and work towards achieving what you want. You have to make the most of opportunities, take some risks and be prepared to deal with obstacles, setbacks and disappointments."
-- Gill Hasson
"Realize your true potential. All human beings, regardless of background or past experiences, have the incredible capacity to accomplish far beyond what they think their limits are. Focus on your strengths. What skills or talent do you possess? Be sure to be grateful for opportunities."
-- Megan Tull
"You can’t focus on the war instead of the battle until you are crystal clear about what the war is—what your personal long-term goals are. Figure out the game you are playing—figure out where you plan to be when you reach your goals—and that clarity will become the foundation of your success."
-- Peter S. Temes
"So work out what you need to do to get what you want—the evening classes you need to attend, the sales you need to achieve, the bills you need to pay off, the qualifications you need to gain, the weight you need to lose. Then think about exactly where you need to put the effort in to make it actually happen. What will be crucial? That’s where you need to invest all that hard work."
-- Richard Templar
"One of my mottos is, ‘Enjoy life’s journey and not just the destination.’ I like to look at life as an adventure, as exciting or dull as we choose to make it. I believe that it’s important never to look at our current situation as our final destination or a place we can’t leave."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"‘The only disability in life is a negative attitude.’” She stopped for a second, and smiled. “I really believe that,” she added, “especially with not having my legs.”"
-- Bob Bowman
"Time is your most valuable asset, and the choices you make about how to use it will determine whether you actually achieve success."
-- Sten Morgan
"Ultimately at the end of your life, if people commend you, they will say what a wonderful human being you were, and when they talk about the human being that you were, it won’t be the fact that you had a big bank account, it really won’t. It will be about how you treated the people around you and how you made them feel."
-- Richard Reed
"So the dream goal is the aim, but before that there are many midterm goals, which are big achievements but ones I might be able to reach monthly or yearly. But then equally important are those day-to-day goals. It really does help to write those goals down to be able to make sense of them in your head. And I think it’s an approach that’s tried and tested and really does work."
-- Ros Taylor
"The kind of luck I’m talking about had very little to do with chance. It’s to do with hard, really hard, work; how carefully we listen to our instincts and act on our intuition; and how we find the bravery to step out of our comfort zone."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"Looking at some of the more remarkable, it might almost be said that early encounter with difficulty and adverse circumstances was the necessary and indispensable condition of success."
-- Samuel Smiles
"Ask, believe and receive. Ask the universe for it. Identify something you want or need in your life and then simply place the order with the cosmos by asking for it. The universe will answer. Think positively and see what you want as already yours. You'll need to know exactly what it is that you want. If you're not clear, the universe will get an unclear frequency and will send you unwanted results."
-- Gill Hasson
"You cannot aim yourself at anything if you are completely undisciplined and untutored. You will not know what to target, and you won’t fly straight, even if you somehow get your aim right. And then you will conclude, “There is nothing to aim for.” And then you will be lost."
-- Jordan B. Peterson
"Observe how your life is now. You must accept your life now before it’s possible to move forward into a new reality. This means taking responsibility for the choices you made in your life up until now. This is incredibly powerful because once you accept that you’re responsible for your past results, then you also realize that you’re responsible for your future."
-- Megan Tull
"Stop focusing on what other people are doing and focus on you at this particular moment in time. After all, the only thing in your control is you, not the circumstances or the people around you, but you. What your competitors/ colleagues/friends are doing should not be your focus. Someone very wise once told me that energy follows thought. That means that when you are focusing on what others are doing you are wasting valuable energy on them, energy that you could be spending on yourself."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"The advantage in every case goes to the person who thinks about what others can gain from his or her own success. Doing what’s good for the community creates a greater good for you personally. And it’s not just the outcome that works for everyone, but the process, too. Day by day, inch by inch, the work of doing for others enriches your own life, pulls down social and emotional barriers, and helps you build a richer life."
-- Peter S. Temes
"IT WAS NOT by luck or accident that these men achieved distinction, but by sheer industry and hard work. Though some achieved wealth, yet this was rarely, if ever, the ruling motive . Indeed, no mere love of money could sustain the efforts of the artist in his early career of self-denial and application. The pleasure of the pursuit has always been its best reward; the wealth which followed but an accident."
-- Samuel Smiles
"Mind, no matter what form it is apparently contained in, holds images, pictures. And any picture firmly held in any mind, in any form, is bound to come forth. That is the great, unchanging Universal Law that, when we cooperate with it intelligently, makes us absolute masters of the conditions and situations in our lives."
-- John McDonald
"Mentally strong people recognize that a quick fix isn’t always the best solution. A willingness to develop realistic expectations and an understanding that success doesn’t happen overnight is necessary if you want to reach your full potential."
-- Amy Morin
"Exercise – no matter what job you are doing, it’s important to exercise and feel physically ready for a challenge. It makes you feel good and keeps you energized and up for any challenge that lies ahead. Even if the only time you can find to exercise is walking to work, then make that your walk of empowerment. Focus on your breathing and think positive thoughts like, ‘I’m am strong, I am confident.’ Some people prefer to say their mantras quietly out loud. Both ways work, so do the one that is best for you."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"In the pursuit of your goals and your dream vision, one critical ingredient you’ll need is passion—that intense interest or affection that starts to develop once you hit upon something you’re drawn to. Passion often separates the high-level achievers from the mere dreamers."
-- Bob Bowman
"For motivation’s sake, we must be vigilant and surround ourselves with genuine and positive people who seek positive aims with positive attitudes."
-- Brendon Burchard
"EXCELLENCE IN ART, as in everything else, can only be achieved by dint of painstaking labour. THERE IS nothing less accidental than the painting of a fine picture or the chiselling of a noble statue. Every skilled touch of the artist’s brush or chisel, though guided by genius, is the product of unremitting study."
-- Samuel Smiles
"If we start aiming at something different—something like “I want my life to be better”—our minds will start presenting us with new information, derived from the previously hidden world, to aid us in that pursuit. Then we can put that information to use and move, and act, and observe, and improve."
-- Jordan B. Peterson
