“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” ~ Edmund Hillary
“You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.” ~ Wayne Dyer
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” ~ Tim Duncan
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon
“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.” ~ D. H. Lawrence
“Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.” ~ Kenneth Hildebrand
“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.” ~ Orison Swett Marden
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William E. Channing
“A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles.” ~ Gunderson
“To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” ~ Mike Gafka
“If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” ~ Carl Lewis
“You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” ~ J. Askenberg
“A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.” ~ William Hazlitt
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.” ~ Wayne Gretzky
“Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.” ~ Lady Holland
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung
“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” ~ John Maxwell
“Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.” ~ B. C. Forbes
“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.” ~ Magic Johnson
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, that we see too late the one that is open.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell