The past does not equal the future.
All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.
We all have our own story. And we stay attached to our story. This can stop us from growing and living. You wanna make your life better? Change your story, change your life.
Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.
You can take away my wife, you can take away my children, you can strip me of my clothes and my freedom, but there is one thing no person can ever take away from me – and that is my freedom to choose how I will react to what happens to me!
In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love.
Mental toughness is essential to success.
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
Today’s patience can transform yesterday’s discouragements into tomorrow’s discoveries. Today’s purposes can turn yesterday’s defeats into tomorrow’s determination.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.
Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.
Don’t allow your past or present condition to control you. It’s just a process that you’re going through to get you to the next level.
Face your fears, endure their pain, and they will be re-written in the form of pride and dreams.