"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
- Arthur Ashe
Motivation
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop."
- Confucius
Perseverance
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill
Failure
"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Belief in Self
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Courage
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
- Robert F. Kennedy
Resilience
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
- Calvin Coolidge
Persistence
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward."
- Amelia Earhart
Courage
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
- Alexander Graham Bell
Change
"Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge."
- H. Stanley Judd
Failure
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
- Anna Freud
Self-awareness
"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed."
- Ray Goforth
Empowerment
"Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it."
- Katharine Whitehorn
Goals
"Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career."
- Miles Anthony Smith
Adaptation
"The future depends on what you do today."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Future
"Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards."
- Søren Kierkegaard
Reflection
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
- Albert Einstein
Knowledge
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance"
Perseverance
"Excellence is not a skill. It’s an attitude"
Mindfulness
"Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor"
Goals
"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm"
Motivation
"Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeats"
Success
"Some men see things as they are and ask why…I dream of things that never were and ask why not?"
Ambition
"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."
Resilience
"If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door"
Optimism