Florence Griffith Joyner Quotes

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.

Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.

Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

There are things that I really find important, and that we need to remind ourselves of. When you think about disability, do you really think about it? Someone who's a full-time trainer or a boxer, someone who's got a major disability, but who doesn't let that get in his way, that's a really good message for someone who is able-bodied. It can make them think, 'Wow, I suppose I could be doing better for myself.'

[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race!

Do not speak defeat, speak victory.

Life has good and bad times. And to get through them you have to battle. Life is not all smooth. I've had my bumps and bruises, like anybody, but I've always tried to look at life like a glass that's half full.

Look up, get up and don't ever give up.

Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole.

Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives performance upward.

You tell everyone or anyone that has ever doubted, thought they didn't measure up or wanted to quit - look up get up and don't ever give up.

Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Failure is nothing more than learning how to win.

Positive thinking is hard. Worth it, though.

This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable.

It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.

And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the weight. And she went and did it, and look at her now!

Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

Indeed. That pony collection isn’t nearly complete,” Carter mused. When I dared a look back at him, I saw that the angel was smiling at me. “You see? You aren’t lost. No matter what happens to you, you have a plan. There’s still hope.

If you want to look for obstacles, what's wrong is always available. But so is what's right!

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.

There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome.