“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures.

When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

- Mark Twain

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole life – time, if not asked to lend money.

- Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.

- Mark Twain

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

- Mark Twain

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

- Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

- Mark Twain

Oprah Winfrey
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Oprah Winfrey
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

Oprah Winfrey
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Oprah Winfrey

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

Oprah Winfrey
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Oprah Winfrey

Tony Robbins

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

Tony Robbins

I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Tony Robbins

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.

Tony Robbins

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.

Tony Robbins

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Tony Robbins