I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
After my ski jumping career finished, I went back to school to study law, and now I travel between five to 20 times a year doing after-dinner speaking, motivational talks, appearances, openings, TV and radio shows.
You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
You hope to bring your 'A Game' to any game, and of course you do in a final. You hope to bring experience, fitness, communication skills, motivational skills.
