Motivation Quotes

In giving freedom to the slave,

we assure freedom to the free

honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve.

We shall nobly save,

or meanly lose,

the last best hope of earth.

The process of scientific discovery is,

in effect,

a continual flight from wonder.

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go,

what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother

and to marry Rachel?

The solution to my problem was only days away

in the hands of a tough, shrewd,

courageous man called Branch Rickey,

the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Men are what their mothers made them.

I don't care what people think of me.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit;

Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Other dogs bite only their enemies,

whereas I bite also my friends to save them.

Self education is,

I firmly believe,

the only kind of education there is.

Show class,

have pride,

and display character.

Be true to yourself;

don’t let fame change who you are.

Life is messy,

but beauty is found in the struggle.

Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than

worrying about what happened yesterday.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers,

pillow fights and things,

but I was,

used to always cry from loneliness.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you,

or a man into voting for you,

try it till you are satisfied.

The faster you go,

the shorter you are.

If I had been white with the things I did,

they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort,

and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

I’m a very visual person.

Wealth is like seawater;

the more we drink,

the thirstier we become.