Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding.

There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.

It starts with myself. I have to believe in myself and set expectations for myself, set goals for myself, and continue to work for those goals every day.

You should be proud of what you're doing, but not conceited. If you can't be proud of yourself, you're a failure. And discipline. To do anything in life you have to have discipline. To accomplish anything, you have a goal, challenge yourself, and work until you accomplish that goal. Practice what you preach.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.

I have so many things to work on, and so many ways that I fail. But that's what grace is all about. And I constantly wake up every morning trying to get better, trying to improve, trying to walk closer to God.

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

When I forget who I am, I remind myself by finding my stride. I remember that I am strong, free, and loved, and that with God's help I can weather whatever comes.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.

I believe God put that desire inside of all of us so that we can evaluate ourselves in the light of His Word in order to become all that He created us to be.

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Just keep challenging yourself. I think that's a great thing.

It's disheartening to write goals from year to year, looking back only to see you are in the same place. You can make so many promises that you get sick of yourself, but what is it that God can't do?

Dedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement.

Preach in your own house and to your own company

I like to push myself, you know.

I set pretty high expectations for myself, and I hold myself to a pretty high standard.