Carlos Castaneda Quotes

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.

Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place.

A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself.

The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals, are all rooted in courage.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.

Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

I learned I can't not be at full strength and fight.

It takes an inner strength to succeed.

I have always believed that I am an amazing skater regardless of what the results say, and I think that determination and confidence has kept me in the game so long.

Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.