- “Your level of self-esteem, how much you like and respect yourself, is central to your levels of motivation and persistence. You should talk to yourself positively all the time to boost your self-esteem. Say things like “I like myself! I like myself!” over and over until you begin to believe it and behave like a person with high-performance personality.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 86
- “Understand that learning and personal growth, skill development, courage, persistence, the potential for empathy and other important life assets, all come from your struggles, and especially your failures.” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 52
- “I had been raised with resiliency and the ability to regroup. Whenever I suffered a setback, I put my life in perspective: I wasn’t a starving peasant in Darfur. I didn’t have cancer. Instead, I lived in the free, democratic, and prosperous United States in the most technologically advanced time in history. There is, therefore, no excuse but to keep trying to make a difference in the world.” The Agent: My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game (Steinberg, Leigh; Arkush, Michael) – page 140
- “The old saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is so true. It doesn’t mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 109
- “Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t” Jerry Rice
- “The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.” Meeting Your Goliath (Thomas S. Monson)- Kindle Loc. 67-68
- “Our task is to become our best selves. One of God’s greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.” (Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1987, 68)
- “Fall down seven times. Stand up eight. CHINESE PROVERB” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty) Page 310