"MOTIVATION"




"Purpose turned into action is passion."
Copyright © 2004 Abigail Etich



"Paralyze resistance with persistence."
Woody Hayes



"Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose."
Ralph Waldo Emerson



"Make yesterday's dreams tomorrow's future!"
Copyright © 2003 Ashley Glass
I wrote this on my way to New York City for acting auditions. It gave me hope.



"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."
Theodore Roosevelt



"Set your goals high and don't stop until you get there."
Bo Jackson



"Life is like a maze and a mystery. You have, make, and achieve the endings you want."
Copyright © 2004 Randy Roy



"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."
Jesse Owens



"Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear--good coaches do not."
John Wooden





"Sometimes it's not about the results, but the commitment to the effort."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. La France --- Pennsylvania
I heard this quote during an interview with a 1980's Olympic Decathlon winner. It has stuck with me ever since.



"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have."
Louis E. Boone



"Courage is rarely reckless or foolish . . . courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced."
Margaret Truman



"This is the place. This is the time. There is no other."
Kirvan --- Submitted by Elizabeth Garnett --- Pennsylvania



"It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions."
Aristotle



"I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying."
Tom Hopkins



"Want what you will, then will what you want."
Copyright © 2002 Sonny Melendrez



"If you carry on doing the same old thing, the same old thing will keep happening to you. To change your future, renew your mind and do something new."
Anonymous --- Submitted by Edwin Mensah --- Kumasi, Ghana



"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service."
John Burroughs



"Champions are afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning."
Billie Jean King --- Submitted by Adrian Parrish --- New York



"A college degree may open doors, but for those who are truly motivated, they can open their own doors."
Copyright © 1999 Leslie A. Kesterson



"If you want something, don't wish for it, work for it. Life is too short to wait."
Copyright © 2003 Stephen Hines
I live life this way. Far too many dreamers like me spent too much time hoping for change and far too little time making change happen. I wish I had started earlier on in my life.



"The only way to reach the goal is to first cross half the distance."
Copyright © 2003 Timothy Shaak



"When you put a date on your dream, it becomes a goal. When you aim for the goal, it becomes a challenge. When you beat the challenge, the reward is success. To have success... you need a dream..."
Copyright © 2004 Raja Akhtar