Read inspirational quotes about aiming for high performance, not giving up and relying on your own skills.
Michael Jordan On Excellence
Set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
Michael Jordan, basketball legend
Helen Keller On Perseverance
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller, author
Condoleezza Rice On Self-Reliance
It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling — and indeed healthy — to ask why you have been given so much.
Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state
Dwight D. Eisenhower On Motivation
You don't lead by hitting people over the head — that's assault, not leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president
Isaac Newton On Observation
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.
Sir Isaac Newton, scientist
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