Daily Quote's to Ponder

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

People are the key to success or extraordinary success.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it''s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

You just can''t beat the person who never gives up.

In motivating people, you''ve got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

Many are called but few get up.

I come to win.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren''t where you want to be, you will always be a failure.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

Nothing recedes like success.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

As an actor there''s a lot of scrutiny and, even when you''ve had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there''s Pacino and for Pacino there''s De Niro.

I don''t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America''s space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.

I don''t think about my previous success. I''m happy that the work I''ve done has been very successful.

To have a childhood surrounded by people like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh sounds glitzy, but for years I wanted to repress it. I couldn''t take that kind of power and success.

The cost of our success is the exhaustion of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution, and the destruction of our habitat. If you exhaust natural resources, there will be nothing left for your children. If we continue in the same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

You''ve achieved success in your field when you don''t know whether what you''re doing is work or play.

Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

I''ve found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of new surprises that rear their heads at various times and I truly believe that 51% of the images, success takes place in the darkroom.

What strikes me is that there''s a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the American flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

''No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.'' I''ve made this my motto. I''ve internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn''t depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.

At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further.

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.

Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

Success - it''s what you do with what you''ve got.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success.

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren''t. But you need that process.

I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don''t inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it''s the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer.

I don''t think about financial success as the measurement of my success.

Either move or be moved.

A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nation''s economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens.

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that''s probably the biggest key to success.

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can''t control luck, but you can move from a game with bad odds to one with better odds. You can make it easier for luck to find you. The most useful thing you can do is stay in the game.

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you''re going to be when you''re there.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

I''m going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with people who I am and what I''ve learned in my second chance of life and pass it on to people in their first chance of life.

I''ve had great success and I''ve had catastrophic failure. It''s really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

I''m different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

They succeed, because they think they can.

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Never continue in a job you don''t enjoy. If you''re happy in what you''re doing, you''ll like yourself, you''ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Being kind is the most important thing I''ve ever been taught. That''s what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

Be thine own palace, or the world''s thy jail.

Success isn''t always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land business or just enjoy the shade of a majestic oak gracing your lawn, we all have an interest in this important issue.

There is always room at the top.

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One''s own karma, one''s own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

I couldn''t buy my way - I had to work my way. What a great quote: ''I couldn''t buy my way into success, I had to work my way into success.''

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

You can''t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Leap, and the net will appear.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It''s what you do for others.