Quotes

I’ve always been a BIG quote guy…as long as I can remember.  And there are SO MANY AMAZING quotes floating around…here are a few of my favorites.

At any moment, be able to sacrifice what you are…for what you might become.

The only thing keeping you from your dreams is yourself.  Nothing else.

Don’t wish it was easier.  Wish you were better.  Then work harder to be better.

Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to be your reality.

You don’t have to be great to get started.  But you have to get started in order to be great.

Judge a tree by the fruit it bears. Not the fruit it talks about.

One thing I know for certain…is that music heals the soul. No matter the confusion. The hurt. The sorrow. The pain. Music is always there. There for the happy and joyous times. There to celebrate the high highs…and for the deepest depths of despair. And no one can ever take that away. Ever.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction.

It’s not what’s happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it’s your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you’re going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Don’t let your dreams just be dreams.

No one dictates your universe. You choose every step. So choose bravely.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

If you do today what others won’t, you’ll do tomorrow what others can’t.

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.

You don’t have to get it perfect – you just have to get it going.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Humans are creatures of habit.  Your habits become your life.

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way…if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

If you wait for all the lights to turn green, you will never leave your driveway.

The highest reward for your work is not what you get for it, but what you become by it.

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

Don’t let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.