Robin Roberts Quotes

No matter the situation, I stay focused and motivated on my goals because that's the way I was raised.

I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.

Some of our most successful businessmen in US grew up in orphanages. They were well treated, and they learned discipline. They learned right or wrong, and they have wonderful careers.

You can achieve almost any goal you set for yourself as long as you have the discipline to pay the price to do what you need to do and to never give up. You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

I believe in the will. I believe in discipline. I believe in the organization. I believe in the rigor that gives us work. I believe in love as an engine of all things. I believe in the light. I believe in God. I believe in kindness.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

You know, my parents, they raised me to be a fighter.

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control.

Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.

I have to say that the most important thing Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

I owe my drive and determination to my upbringing, which instilled in me a set of values that make me who I am.