Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is your greatest asset.

The man without a purpose is a man who drifts at the mercy of random feelings or unidentified urges and is capable of any evil, because he is totally out of control of his own life. In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not.

Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

I always say that what's between you and your success is yourself.

I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.

I'm someone who needs goals and direction, and fighting provided that for me.

We can be as good as we want to be. I know that's a general thing to say, I know.

I always told myself I will never let football define who I am; I would only let in enhance who I am.

I don't need others to push me. I push myself.

I need to go out there and run my own race, and have fun with it.

A truly empowered woman turns her values into verbs. She understands what she values most, and she takes steps to bring that value to life.

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

Without appearing smug in any way, I would say I did not have a role model. I wish I had but I did not.

I am strong minded, a believer that you can make things happen if you really want it that badly.

I only focus on what I can do.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.