Hyman Rickover Quotes

Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

Obviously, as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've made, and that's OK. I think as long as you learn from your mistakes and don't make them over and over again, you're on the right path.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational.

Whenever you have a failure or setback, you need to take a step back and find out what you can learn from the scenario. What did you do to contribute to that failure? This way, you can make sure you don't repeat that pattern.

I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.

I want people to feel inspired. I want people to feel good. I want people to feel something. I want people to strive for what they want in their life, and I want them to heal from anything that's hurting them.

It's one of those things that I use everything that I go through... to be better. I use it all to just fuel the fire, to grow and learn from.

'Ninnu Kori' urges us to take a broader view of life, look past stumbling blocks, and rise above self sympathy.

Since losing my legs, I've found out that I am able to help other people by sharing how I've overcome my obstacles.

All of us from time to time look back and think we could've handled things differently or better.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

I've really tried everything in my power to get my life together.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down. What a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

Passion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures.

When you feel gloomy, think what has been done within the last year. How, rising from nothing.