Mark Twain Quotes

The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

You can accomplish virtually any goal you set for yourself, as long as the goal is clear and you persist long enough.

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

I literally don't know what I'm going to do next. That's successful.

Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.

You've gotta have a path [in your life]. And then, within that path, you have to be flexible. When things aren't working, you've gotta cut bait and find something else, but if you don't have a path, you're just dead.

The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.

I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it — keep going, keep going come what may. But what is your final goal, you may ask. That goal will become clearer, will emerge slowly but surely, much as the rough draught turns into a sketch, and the sketch into a painting through the serious work done on it, through the elaboration of the original vague idea and through the consolidation of the first fleeting and passing thought.

The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it was like I was a donut, and somebody had sucked all the jelly out of me. But I could stuff new jelly in there. It would just get my hands a little sticky in the process.

I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable.

People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.

Say I have set my goal at 300 pounds, and I cannot do it. The very fact that I have been devotedly practising and practising gives me joy, and the tenacity or perseverance that I am showing is itself progress. Anything that we do devotedly and soulfully helps us make progress.

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I'm going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal. But they have to get back to the real world at some point.

What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?

Just because your environment or living space changes doesn't mean that your attitude necessarily has to change.

Many people say, "Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life." They're paralyzed by the fear that they don't know exactly how to turn their dreams into reality. And as a result, they never make the decisions that could make their lives into the masterpieces they deserve to be. I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.

A lot of people complain about yesterday. We have no power to change yesterday. But this very day, 30 years later, is what we can control and decide. Change yourself, take baby steps, and stay determined for ten years. I thank the times of change and everyone’s complaints. Because when everyone is complaining, that is your chance, an opportunity. It’s only in times of change that someone can be clear of what he has and wants, and what he needs to give up.

What activities, behaviors, or decisions have been most responsible for your success in life? Do more of them.

So, that is my final lesson from the universe - you just do what you need to do, and stay on track.

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.

Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.