The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
Energy and persistence alter all things.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter; we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
The difference between one man and another is not mere ability … it is energy.
—Thomas Arnold (1795–1842) English Educationalist
Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.
—Leo Buscaglia (1924–98) American Motivational Speaker
This world belongs to the energetic.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple. Everything is possible.
—Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Energy, even like the Biblical grain of mustard-seed, will move mountains.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
Energy will do anything that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged animal a man without it.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
—Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author
The truest wisdom, in general, is a resolute determination.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven; the fated sky gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Avoid fragmentation: Find your focus and seek simplicity. Purposeful living calls for elegant efficiency and economy of effort—expanding the minimum time and energy necessary to achieve desired goals.
—Dan Millman (b.1946) American Children’s Books Writer, Sportsperson
Are you willing to work sixteen hours a day? Rich people are. Are you willing to work seven days a week and five up most of your weekends? Rich people are. Are you willing to sacrifice seeing your family, your friends, and give up your recreations and hobbies? Rich people are. Are you willing to risk all your time, energy and start-up capital with no guarantee of returns? Rich people are.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
And what is a man without energy? Nothing – nothing at all.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Where attention goes, energy flows and results show.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Energy is contagious: either you affect people or you infect people.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Under the rule of the free market ideology, we have gone through two decades of an energy crisis without an effective energy policy. Because of an easy and thoughtless reliance on imported oil, we have no adequate policy for the conservation of gasoline and other petroleum products. We have no adequate policy for the development or use of other, less harmful forms of energy. We have no adequate system of public transportation.
—Wendell Berry (b.1934) American Poet, Novelist, Environmentalist
You must be what it is that you’re seeking. This is a universe of attraction and energy. You can’t have a desire to attract a mate who’s confident, generous, non-judgmental, and gentle, and expect that desire to be manifested if you’re thinking and acting in nonconfident, selfish, judgmental, or arrogant ways…
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
Resolution is omnipotent.—Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something.—Aim at excellence, and excellence will be attained.—This is the great secret of effort and eminence.—“I cannot do it,” never accomplished anything; “I will try,” has wrought wonders.
—Joel Hawes (1789–1867) American Clergyman
Real wealth is ideas plus energy.
—Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American Inventor, Philosopher
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
—Denis Waitley (b.1933) American Motivational Speaker, Author
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism… It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will…
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
Rich and successful people are solution-oriented; they spend their time and energy strategizing and planning the answers to challenges that come up, and creating systems to make certain that problem doesn’t occur again.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
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