Motivierende Zitate
There always is a choice.
You only need one person that is really important to you to overcome any obstacle and
achieve everything you want.
Everything breaks if you apply the right force.
You have to let things go in ordert to move on.
The greater the challenge, the strongert you get by overcoming it.
Challenges and Obstacles exist to test your skills and especially faith.
Egal, was passiert, einfach seinen Träumen hinterherjagen, die Dinge erledigen und seine
Ziele so erreichen – auch wenn es immer wieder Rückschläge gibt, ist es unbegint wichtig
und absolut nötig am Plan, an den Momenten der Klarheit festzuhalten und sich täglich zu
motivieren.
Normally we try to hide our soft hearts, that is why everyone goes through hardships
You are not alone - don't pretend to be!
We all have temptations, but giving in to them is your own choice
Life is nothing more than a series of choices
Struggling is nature's way to strenghtening
"A leader can't lead, if he does not know where he is going"
“The urge to quit is strongest, right before you make it.”
Bob Parsons
“The enemy of the great is the good”, (Stephen Covey)
Brian Tracy (paraphrasing), “Disorganized people aren’t spontaneous. They’re just
confused.”
Michelangelo:' If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so
wonderful after all.'
“Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.” - Spanish proverb
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” - John Dryden
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are
subtracted from your good ones. - Benjamin Franklin
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” - Jim Ryun
“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a
step at a time.” - Mark Twain
“Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.” - Confucius
“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” -
Samuel Johnson
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."
-Aristotle
Instead of asking "Should I...?" ask "What would happen if I...?" or "How would I feel if I...?" Choose
from consequences. - Steve Pavlina
»Das Außergewöhnliche geschieht nie auf glattem gewöhnlichen Wege.« Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
“Healthy habits are learned in the same way as unhealthy ones - through practice.”
Dr.Wayne
„Je tiefer die Nacht, desto näher der Sonnenaufgang [des nächsten Tags]“ Malcolm X
"Überzeugungen sind Krankheiten, die durch Begeisterung übertragen werden."
For me it was all about setting goals and taking action and pushing myself to do my best –
Steve Pavlina
"Wenn Du den Charakter eines Menschen prüfen willst, so gib ihm Macht." (Abraham Lincoln)
It does not takemuch strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide
what to do.
—Elbert
“Life is not what happens to you, it’s
what you do about it.”
"I need to have faith in myself, have faith that I am the man they all believe in" --> don't sulk
or be unhappy, just be proud of what you are and don't let anything get in the way
(Recidivists)
“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything.
In this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.” (Kamina)
Overcoming defeat is the way that one can grow -->accept defeat and start over
being courageous and reckless are two completely different things
Many geniuses and most people lack the stubbornness for success --> Hard work will
overcome talent
No matter what you do in life, you will need hobbies and interests to pass time, without it,
time passes by extremely slowly
-->even when you work hard, you will need some form of relaxation
-> hate the crime, but not the person comitting it
„Der Charakter ist weiter nichts als
eine langwierige Gewohnheit.“
(Plutarch)
Life is battlefield, it's good to get experience
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless
it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil
thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows
him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
Buddha
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only
as an idea.
Buddha
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present
moment.
Buddha
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not
obtain peace of mind.
Buddha
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Buddha
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
Buddha
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Buddha
He is able who thinks he is able.
Buddha
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own
Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
Buddha
Alles ist schwierig, bevor es leicht wird.
Moslik Saadi, persischer Dichter, 1292
The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.
Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, wird immer bleiben, was er ist.
Henry Ford
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong
thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing (Teddy Roosevelt)
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the
imperfections.
"Ich muss üben. Je weiter man kommt, desto mehr muss man üben."
Lernen ist wie Rudern gegen den Strom. Sobald man aufhört, treibt man zurück.
Asking for permission is begging for rejection
"Persönlichkeiten werden nicht durch schöne Reden geformt, sondern durch Arbeit und eigene
Leistung.”
Albert Einstein
"Zu erkennen, dass man glücklich war, ist leicht.
Zu erkennen, dass man glücklich ist, ist Kunst."
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan
“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.”
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than
by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the
trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from what you can do”
- John Wooden
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
- Christopher Columbus
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”
- Confucius
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed”
- Henrik Ibsen
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”
- J.K. Rowling
“If you are going through hell, keep going”
- Winston Churchill
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it
the present”
- B. Olatunji
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed
door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us”
- Helen Keller
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles
the world”
- Albert Einstein
“We must be the change we want to see”
- Gandhi
“The friend in my adversity I shall always treasure most. I can better trust those who helped
to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the
sunshine of my prosperity”
- Ulysses S. Grant
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”
- Elizabeth Bibesco
“In three words I can sum up what I’ve learned about life: It goes on”
- Robert Frost
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be
challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each
step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more
self-confident and more and more successful.” - Mark Victor Hansen
If you don’t stand up for something, then you will fall for anything –Dr. Phil
“A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” - James Joyce (Irish novelist, 1882-1941)
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make
the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of
achievement.” - Golda Meir (Israeli Founder and Prime Minister. 1898-1978)
“As you think, so shall you become.” –Bruce Lee
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” –Bruce Lee
“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.” –Bruce Lee
“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.” –
Bruce Lee
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to
mine.” –Bruce Lee
“Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.” –Bruce Lee
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” –Bruce Lee
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a
successful personality and duplicate it.” –Bruce Lee
“Happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you
have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.”
~Alex Shalman
“I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.”
“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time.
The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your
moment. Own it.”
“I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk.”
“Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.”
Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power
becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.” — Quote by Dr
Maxwell Maltz
“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in
which you first find yourself.” - Mark Cain
“Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through
overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by
overcoming challenges and adversity.” - Stephen R. Covey
Goal setting is not a mind game. It is a process of developing the internal willpower to
accomplish what you have set out to do. -Joan Benoit Samuelson (Olympic Marathon Gold
Medalist)
You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in
that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices. – Deepak Chopra
If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety
or fear. – Confucius
“Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”
~Anonymous
“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
Joshua J. Marine
“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,
regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” -Vince Lombardi
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato
"Ziele sind Belast im Vorraus. Dennoch brauchen wir Ziele. Stecken wir unsere Ziele zu hoch, dann
kann es sein, dass wir schneller fallen als uns lieb ist"
"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly" – Platon
"I'd rather die on my feet then live on my knees "
Basically do what you believe in and don't have people force or make who you are.
“When you're young, you always feel that life hasn't yet begun -- that "life" is always scheduled to
begin next week, next month, next year, after the holidays -- whenever. But then suddenly you're old
and the scheduled life didn't arrive. You find yourself asking, 'Well then, exactly what was it I was
having -- that interlude -- the scrambly madness -- all that time I had before?”
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” James Dean
Cultivate a sense of urgency so that at the close of each day you can repeat: "I have not wasted my
day."
"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
„Je mehr Zeit man für eine Tätigkeit zur Verfügung hat, desto mehr Zeit benötigt man.“
Lerne auch aus den Fehlern anderer, denn man hat nicht immer genug Zeit, alle Fehler
selber zu machen
Steve Pavlina Quotes
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~ Willpower is a concentration of force. You gather up all your energy and make a massive
thrust forward. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Persistence of action comes from persistence of vision. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ So act boldly, as if it's impossible to fail. If you keep adding fuel to your desire, you will
reach the point of knowing that you'll never quit, and ultimate success will be nothing more
than a matter of time. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ People often overestimate what they can reasonably achieve in a year. But they vastly
underestimate what they can achieve in 5 years. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Courage is the dividing line between weakness and strength of character. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Courage is the gateway in the sense that you must first learn to face down your fears, even
as they still appear real to you. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will.
~
Steve Pavlina
~ The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Our beliefs act as lenses. These lenses can help us see things we can’t otherwise see, but
they can also block us from seeing parts of reality. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally
find it’s something you’re tremendously passionate about. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ I think the best friendships are those that can stand the test of time, where the friendship is
based more on who you are than on what you do or what you have. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ By courage I mean the ability to face down those imaginary fears and reclaim the far more
powerful life that you've denied yourself. ~ Steve Pavlina
~ True courage is more a matter of intellect than of feeling. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Courageous people are still afraid, but they don't let the fear paralyze them. ~
Steve Pavlina
~ Courage is a learned mental skill that you must condition, just as weight training
strengthens your muscles. ~
Steve Pavlina
- in life it isn't about what you can do or what you can't, it's about what you DO and what you
don't
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” - Jim Ryun
