Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association: Inspiration
Quotes to encourage and inspireNo Pain, no gains. Samuel Smiles
There is no success without hardship. Sophocles
All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas
Fuller
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position
that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while
trying to succeed. Booker T. Washington
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no
glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn
The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the
struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought
well. Baron Pierre De Coubertin
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I
also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne.
Bible, Revelation 3:21
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What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within
him. Louis L. Mann
Experience is not what happens to a man; It is what a man does with
what happens to him. Aldous Huxley
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own
mind...The problem is not other people; It is your reaction.
Vernon Howard
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
You cannot always control circumstances. But you can control your
own thoughts. Charles E. Popplestone
It is not the position but the disposition. J. E.
Dinger
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Everything is possible to him that believes. Bible,
Mark 9:23
Whether you think you can or think you can't-you are right.
Henry Ford
They can conquer who believe they can. John
Dryden
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is
often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe it is possible.
Richard M. DeVos
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. Bible,
Proverbs 23:7
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to
choose. J. Martin Kohe
The one thing over which you have absolute power is your own
thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own
destiny. Paul G. Thomas
It is always your next move. Napoleon Hill
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That we are here is proof that we ought to be here. Ralph
Waldo Emerson
What's going on in the inside shows on the outside. Earl
Nightingale
A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. Ralph
Waldo Emerson
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your
lips. Oliver Goldsmith
Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does, tells us
what he is. F. D. Huntington
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their
thoughts. John Locke
You will know them by their fruits. Bible,
Matthew 7:16
A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples. Ralph
Waldo Emerson
By the work one knows the workman. Jean De La
Fontaine
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance,
and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we
undertake. Orison Sweet Marden
Confidence does not come out of nowhere. It's a result of
something....hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and
dedication. Roger Staubach
For years I have been accused of making snap judgments. Honestly,
this is not the case because I am a profound military student and the thoughts I
express, perhaps to flippantly, are the result of years of thought and
study. George S. Patton
Be prepared! Boy Scout Motto
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Don't give up on the impossible before you try it. Biggie
Munn, Michigan State Football
A human being doesn't know how far he can go until he's pushed himself to
the limit. Bob Mattic, Toronto Blue Jays
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's
determination. Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can
do. John Wooden, UCLA Basketball
If your work is not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with
enthusiasm. John Mazur, New England Patriots
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be as taut and vibrating as a
guitar. Pele, Soccer Legend