"We need to be like that winning horse. As we go through life trying to achieve goals we have set for ourselves, obstacles will appear. Forces are going to materialize that are in direct conflict with our goals. If we turn our focus to these outside forces and take our eyes off the goal, it will delay us from achieving our objective or perhaps even prevent it. Again, picture that winning horse."
-- Robert Sully Sullivan
"Manage Your Time Well To achieve all your goals and become everything you are capable of becoming, you must get your time under control—this is key to your feelings of happiness, confidence, power, and personal well-being. A sense of control is only possible when you practice excellent time management skills."
-- Andrew Clancy
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."
-- Patanjali
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
-- Henry David Thoreau
"The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once observed, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances that they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.”
-- Michael Edmondson
"Consciousness is always a choice. It’s the choice to bring your awareness to the present moment, the decision to see and prioritize that which is truly important, that which is genuinely honoring and value enhancing in your life. Your constant question must be: “What am I focusing my consciousness on now?”"
-- Sandra Anne Taylor
"Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress."
-- Dale Carnegie
"When it comes to success, who would you consider to be one of the most successful basketball players of all time? Surely, Michael Jordan is at the top or near the top of your list. He recited these lines in a Nike commercial: "I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
-- Ryan Gottfredson
"When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel."
-- Eloise Ristad
"That said, it's important to find ways to maintain a balanced state of mind and body, regardless of what changes are going on in your life. Activities like meditation, regular exercise, positive thinking and balanced, rhythmical deep breathing, have all been shown to reduce stress levels and help you be more resilient."
-- Stephanie Philp
"What we believe about ourselves, others, our future, and even our past will shape our growth and influence our results. If we want to grow, we must learn to break the glass of self-limiting beliefs."
-- Dondi Scumaci
"It is extremely important to value ourselves. Though most of us at some point in our lives feel like we do not have worth or desirability, it is important to fully understand that we are important. We are significant. People need us and that makes us useful. Our self-esteem rides largely on how we value ourselves. From our selfesteem comes our confidence. There is so much riding on how we value ourselves when it comes to mental health."
-- Robert Sully Sullivan
“You know those overnight-success stories you’ve heard about? It’s not the whole story. Dig deeper and you’ll usually find people who have busted their asses for years to get into a position where things could take off.”
-- Michael Edmondson
"Be proactive about rest and recovery. Don’t wait until you’re burned out or bored out to take breaks—build them into your schedule. Taking time off helps to sustain harmonious passion, unlock fresh ideas, and deepen learning. Relaxing is not a waste of time; it’s an investment in well-being."
-- Adam Grant
"It can seem like everything is in a constant state of change. That's because it is. The rate of change is increasing and it's doubtful that the speed of change is going to slow. It's important to get used to it. So it would be useful to build your resilience so you can cope better with change, or even begin to enjoy it."
-- Stephanie Philp
"Visualize Your Goals Continually Your ability to visualize is perhaps the most powerful faculty that you possess. All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures. You are where you are and what you are today largely because of the mental pictures that you hold in your conscious mind. As you change your mental pictures on the inside, your world on the outside will begin to change to correspond to those pictures."
-- Andrew Clancy
"You should want what you want so much that you are willing to commit time every day to accomplish it. Yes, take time off to rest so you stay balanced. Just make sure that you develop the habit of taking actions toward your goal consistently."
-- Joel Fotinos
"Disregard how others define you, good or bad, as it is wrong and simply does not matter. The only thing that does matter is what we think of ourselves and how we can become a better person today than we were yesterday."
-- Robert Sully Sullivan
"A fit and healthy body can not only lift your resilience levels physically but also lift your mood, help you be more alert, and improve your self image psychologically, helping you to cope with typical modern day stress. Research shows that an active lifestyle that includes regular physical activity contributes significantly to higher levels of resilience in all aspects of life. It may also help you to be more mentally tough."
-- Princeton University
"If you feel good about yourself and your abilities it makes sense that you will have more resilience and better coping strategies. Self-confidence comes from your self - that's why it's called self-confidence. This is great because it puts you back in the driver's seat and gives you control over how you feel."
-- Stephanie Philp
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
-- Dale Carnegie
"The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak."
-- Ralph Charell
