“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
Sometimes you just need someone to tell you to keep going. These quotes deliver that push — not with empty cheerfulness, but with the earned conviction of people who have been where you are and made it to the other side.
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”
“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
“One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.”
“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.”
“Leap, and the net will appear.”
“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”
“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.”
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.”
“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”
“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”