Carlos Slim Quotes

With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.

We always have the potential to rise. Rise out of our slump. Rise out of our negative thoughts. Rise out of our comfort zone. Rise out of our complaints. GET UP AND RISE. Rising is a choice that's one powerful thought away.

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

I never thought I'd be successful. It seems in my own mind that in everything I've undertaken I've never quite made the mark. But I've always been able to put disappointments aside. Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress...so that, even on the bad evenings, I may never be bad enough to despair.

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.

Successful people are not people without problems. They are people who have learned to solve their problems.

Give your best to the challenges. And what you get will be even better.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

The road to success, for me, was a long and arduous journey, strewn with obstacles and traps, pitfalls and hurdles-all created by myself. Painful as it is, I speak of those sad and frustrating times whenever I am invited to address sales gatherings, corporate conventions, and success rallies, in the hope that my personal experiences will serve as sufficient evidence for all who hear me that they have it in their own power to make their lives as glorious or as terrible as they choose.

I gave myself a mental shake. Snapping out of a slump, that was what today was all about.

It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

Failure means you've now learned another valuable lesson that pushes you one step closer to success.

You really just have to have a good attitude, challenge yourself, and you can accomplish great things.

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

Just because the road ahead is long, is no reason to slow down. Just because there is much work to be done, is no reason to get discouraged. It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways, to reach within yourself and discover strength, commitment, and determination. The road ahead is long and difficult, but it’s filled with opportunity. Start what needs starting. Finish what needs finishing. Get on the road. Stay on the road. Don’t give up.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. The time you spend living in fear is time you cannot spend living in love. The time you spend hiding and retreating from life is time you cannot spend growing and advancing and achieving.

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.