Affirmations are great. Positive self suggestion is great. But, I'm going to do you one better here. Following are 10 hand picked inner power/confidence/self-belief strengthening quotes from the over 1,900 quotes and sayings I've developed over the years. Whether you're feeling nervous and in a slump...or just down in the dumps, read each thoughtfully and purposefully, and let the message of each embolden you with its wisdom.
Then you'll have filled yourself with the spirit that can face up, brace up, act up...and succeed! And so, enjoy, prosper - and thrive:
1.) " 'Tomorrow' can stretch into years - If you can do it now, just dig in and -- Do It!"
2.) "What are you afraid of? 'Uhh, well, I uh, I don't know if I can do it', you might say. Ok. That doesn't mean you 'can't', it just means you don't know if you can ... How do you come to know if you can? You find out! Go ahead, my friend -- Find Out!!"
3.) "Are you a tree who needs a 'forest'? Or, are you willing to stand alone?"
4.) "Where you start off from isn't the issue - Where you ultimately finish...is."
5.) Let The REAL You Shine (for women) "And there's a real you within your heart, just waiting to come ahead now ... And she's as capable as she is commanding -- How does she come to touch your life, indeed, become your life? Be yourself, believe in yourself, and follow through with what you feel and know is right in your heart ... You'll find this real you within will never disappoint you;she'll just do what is right, and what is needed to come through for you...always!"
6.) A NEW Beauty "Your beauty is also in your touch, your sensitivity, your compassion, your smile, your good and positive thoughts sent out toward others, your willingness to do as you would be done by -- and the warm and genuine feelings you harbor, and freely extend outward toward others ... And so you see, beauty is not just 'skin deep'; beauty is truly soul deep
7.) "Along the way you will find strength, you will find and develop ability, you will come to know power'and you will come to find ever more of your self. As the journey continues, so will the finding."
8.) "Push yourself from within, and keep on pushing 'til you arrive - For the only way to get what you say you're after, is to work, stay 'hungry'...and to strive!"
9.) "I can do no wrong through striving to advance, to improve, and masterfully triumph; I can only do wrong, if I don't!"
10.) "You may not be as powerful as you ultimately want to be ... But you're certainly strong enough -- Right NOW!"
11.) What Do THEY Know? "Do birds worry about what they'll eat each day - or if they'll eat? Do they worry about where they'll roost each day - or where to go if and when it rains? Do they worry about how, and where to build their nest - or if they'll be able to adequately provide for their offspring? Worry? Hey - birds start off each day singing - don't they! What do you think birds understand, that you don't?!"
12.) "Hey if life were truly so 'impossible' and tough, you would have 'given up' by now wouldn't you! But you haven't. And in the back of your mind, there's still the desire that things, and you, can change, the hope that they will, and the willingness to do what you can, so they will ... What do you think this tells you about life, and YOU?!"
Mark Spitz earned seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany and world records were set in each event. Although the Spitz record stood for an astonishing 36 years, it came to an end this summer at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing when American swimmer Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals.
Mark Spitz began swimming at the age of two and after retiring from the Olympics he had a short-lived television career and eventually settled in to a profitable real estate career. Seventeen years later, at the age of 39, he began training again with the hopes of earning a spot on the 1992 Olympic team. Unfortunately he fell short in qualifying and had to settle with a career total of 11 Olympic medals. Today Mark Spitz can be found on the motivational speaker circuit, and as an outspoken athlete he has acquired many memorable and amusing quotes.
In honour of his long standing record coming to an end, here are 15 of my most favourite Mark Spitz quotes:
1) ?I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.?
2) ?I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities.?
3) ?If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.?
4) ?Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken.?
5) ?By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.?
6) ?When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it.?
7) ?If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.?
8) ?Goggles were not allowed. A cap was allowed, but I chose not to wear one. I grew the moustache because a coach in college said I couldn't grow one.?
9) ?Swimming isn't everything, winning is.?
10) ?Their destiny and where they want to be in life is not going to be a matter of chance ... it's really the choices they make, and they have to be committed to those choices.?
11) ?Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.?
12) ?I swam my brains out.?
13) ?Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.?
14) ?I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team.?
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