“It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.”
-Paramahansa Yogananda
Perseverance
“That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence – hard work.”
-David Beckham
Initiative
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
Effort
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.”
-Anne Frank
Vision
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
-John F. Kennedy
Will
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”
-John F. Kennedy
Success
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
-Alexander Graham Bell
Character
“We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
-Aristotle
Courage
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
-Virginia Woolfe
Character
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
-Plato
Aspiration
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
-Charles Darwin
Happiness
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strength
“Confidence is contagious. So is a lack of confidence.”
-Vince Lombardi
Happiness
“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.”
-Marcus Aurelius
Attitude
“When you are happy, you can forgive a great deal.”
-Princess Diana
Attitude
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
-Oprah Winfrey
Honesty
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Simplicity
“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
-Isaac Newton
Wisdom
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
-Bruce Lee
Reticence
“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.”
-George Clooney
