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All-Purpose Advice Quotations

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Coaching involves much more than simple X's and O's. There is a certain art involved in being a leader of this game as well. The same can also be said for the words on this page.

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Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

To define the definition of discipline, determination, and desire -- look under the word HEART!

The man who makes no mistakes, does not normally make anything.

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
-- Samuel Johnson

Some of us are like wheelbarrows -- only useful when pushed and very easily upset.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
-- Yogi Berra

Persistence is the key. Determination, hard work, and good intentions are all brought together with persistence.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

When someone throws dirt at you, remember, all they are doing is losing ground.

"When you hear something, you forget it.
When you see something, you remember it.
But not until you do something will you understand it."
-- Chinese Proverb

When you're not afraid to do it wrong the first time, you'll eventually get it very right.

No matter how long you've been walking south, in just a single step you can be walking north.

Talent is God-given; be humble
Fame is man-given; be thankful
Conceit is self-given; be careful

Joy shared is joy doubled. Sorrow shared is sorrow halved.

It is easy to be ordinary but it takes courage to excel, and we must excel.

Those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit."
-- Aristotle

"Hurt is in your mind."
-- Harry Lombardi

A good reason to have dreams is that in dreams, you don't have to have reasons.

"Well done is better than well said."
-- Benjamin Franklin

Everyone's allowed an occasional failure -- except the skydiver, of course.

Failure is not defeat...until you stop trying.

The one thing worse than a quitter is the person who is afraid to begin.

The best angle from which to approach any problem is the TRYangle.

"You can observe a lot by just watching."
-- Yogi Berra

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
-- Will Rogers

The greatest mistake you can make is to be constantly fearful you will make one.

Habit is like a soft bed, easy to get into but hard to get out of.

The two best times to keep your mouth shut are when you're swimming and when you're angry.

Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

"Nothing happens unless first you dream."
-- Carl Sandburg

Who can ask more of a man, than giving all within his span? Giving all it seems to me, is not so far from victory.

What a world this would be if we just built bridges instead of walls.

"Most people have a desire to look at the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional."
-- John C. Maxwell

Things turn out the best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.

"Cherish your vision; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, if you remain true to them, your world will at last be built."
-- James Allen

"Dare to be a Daniel!
Dare to stand alone!
Dare to have a purpose firm!
Dare to make it known.
-- P.P. Bliss

"It's a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, and normal to ignore it."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

"Tell the truth. Listen to the truth. Believe the truth."
-- Rush Limbaugh

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

God gave us two ears and one mouth -- which indicates that we should listen twice as much as we speak.

"Good things take time; and they should."
-- John Wooden

"Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise."
-- Proverbs 9:20

People will always doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.

"If the mind can't see it the body can't achieve it."
-- Wally Armstrong

"The game of basketball is a game of accepting failure; of accepting imperfection; of realizing that the perfect game has never been played, never will be played, or ever could be played."
-- Tony Alfonso

When you stand at the edge of the cliff, jump to fly, not fall.

"The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it."
-- Alan Saporta

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.

"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do."
-- Olin Miller

Remember, good habits are equally hard to break.

"When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either."
-- Leo Burnett

"Never put your hand out farther than you can draw it back again."
-- Irish Proverb

"Be patient: in time, even an egg will walk."
-- Chinese Proverb

"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time."
-- Sir Winston Churchill

"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective."
-- George C. Marshall

"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it."
-- Debbi Fields

"If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
-- John Wooden

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."
-- Salvador Dali

"Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut."
-- Daniel S. Greenberg

Good is not enough if better is possible.

"Do not throw the arrow which will return against you."
-- Kurdish Proverb

"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway."
-- Mary Kay Ash

"Whatever you are, be a good one."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"Examine what is said, not him who speaks."
-- Arabian Proverb


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