Motivational Quotes for Athletes

One of the factors that separate successful athletes and those who fail is the ability to push through adversity in order to accomplish a desired goal or skill.  Winning athletes are willing to put in the extra work now in order to reap the rewards later.  Jerry Rice puts it this way, “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet there is no peace without forgiveness.  Lewis Smedes puts it this way, “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

Drake, a popular Hip Hop artist, popularized the phrase You Only Live Once (YOLO) in his hit song The Motto.  Although simple in it’s concept, the meaning of life being defined by the choices you make each day is a powerful affirmation.  Oscar Wilde puts it this way, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”  Remember, You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Known for being creator of the popular Rich Dad, Poor Dad series, Robert Kiyosaki has been at the forefront of teaching the importance of learning about financial literacy.  Weput together a list of his best quotes about money like, “Don’t waste a good mistake, Learn from it.”

Motivation can be summed up as the desire you have to accomplish a task or goal.  It is the most important factor that links setting and achieving your goals. Henry David Thoreau puts it this way.  The price of anything important is the amount of life you exchange for it.

There are times in our lives where we feel like nothing is going our way or the world is against us.  For some, this feeling of despair often tempts us into giving up; however, the secret to success is not due to being very smart, creative or determined.  Instead, you will find the key to being successful in having a plan and taking action on that plan.

Each day, take a little step towards your goal and always remember, it is not too late to turn your dreams into reality! Start today!

We all face disappointments in our lives at one point or another.  Successful people  have found a way to deal with disappointments by learning from them and always staying positive.  As Phyllis Bottome puts it, “There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.”  Never forget what is worth remembering or remember what is best forgotten.

Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”  Imagination is what motivates us to dream up new solutions to old and new problems.  In order to solve a problem, you need to use your imagination in order to envision what the end product would look like.   Imagination brought us the automobile, the airplane and took us to the moon.  Today we share another famous quote, “The possible’s fuse is lit by imagination.”

by Bruce Lee

Although he is best known for being an excellent martial artist and actor in movies like Enter the Dragon and TV shows like The Green Hornet, Bruce Lee is also known for being a great thinker and philosopher.  We’ve put together some of our Favorite Quotes by Bruce Lee like “The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”

How to be Creative

Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”  Experts say that creativity is a skill that anyone can learn and improve over time.  The key to being creative is creating the right conditions for it to prosper.  The true difficult part is learning how to tap in it.  We put together a short video with advice on how to tap into your creative side.