Motivational aphorisms from celebrities

The optimist sees opportunities in every difficulty, the pessimist sees difficulties in every opportunity.
Winston Churchill

Your well-being depends on your decisions.
John Rockefeller

When flowing water encounters an obstacle in its path, it stops, increases in volume and strength, and then flows over it. Follow the example of water. Stop and increase your strength until the obstacle is overcome.
I Ching

If you focus your attention on several things at once, you will get certain results. If you focus your attention on something specific, you will get incredible results.
John Rohn

More soldiers are usually killed in flight than in battle.
Lagerlöf

Failure is only temporary. By giving up, you make it permanent.
Marilyn Savant

Weak people wait for an opportunity, strong people create it.
Maxim Gorky

Even if you are very talented and put in a lot of effort, it just takes time to achieve a certain result.
Warren Buffett

I want it. It means it will happen.
Henry Ford