"Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for."
- Ralph Waldo Emersoninspiring , motivational , Ralph Waldo Emerson , be-yourself , comparison , give-your-best , mind-your-own-business , skill , talents
"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."
- Henry Fordmotivational , Henry Ford , ability , experience , knowledge , learning , skill
"Your talent is God's gift to you"
- Leo Buscagliainspiring , motivational , Leo Buscaglia , gift , god , skill , talents
"Specialize in your particular field and try to know more about it than anyone else."
- Dr Joseph Murphymotivational , Dr Joseph Murphy , career , job , knowledge , passion , skill , work
"To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly dramatic things for self esteem to start going off the scale. Just make a commitment to any easy discipline. Then another one and another one."
- Jim Rohnmotivational , Jim Rohn , action , commitment , discipline , passion , practice , purpose , self-esteem , skill
"Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
- Muhammad Alimotivational , Muhammad Ali , desires , dreams , goals , inner , skill , talents , vision , will-power , winning
"There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory."
- Travis Barkermotivational , Travis Barker , achievement , glory , practice , skill , sports , winning
"Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do."
- Bob Rossmotivational , Bob Ross , ability , learning , potential , practice , skill , sports , training
"A powerful mindset is the most powerful weapon you can have."
- Travis Barkerlaw-of-attraction , motivational , Travis Barker , determination , focus , mentality , mind , power , powerful , ready , skill , strength , will-power
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
- Ralph Waldo Emersonmotivational , Ralph Waldo Emerson , ability , learning , persistence , practice , skill , sports , workout-exercise
"Invest in yourself, achieve ongoing enhancement of your skills, and continually upgrade your abilities."
- Lorii Myersmotivational , Lorii Myers , ability , achievement , investment , progress , self-improvement , skill
"One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself."
- Leonardo da Vinciinspiring , motivational , Leonardo da Vinci , ability , mastery , mind , power , self , self-control , self-improvement , skill , will-power
"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."
- Robert Greenemotivational , Robert Greene , focus , mastery , practice , skill , sports , talents , training
"It is that realm of play in which everything - skill, training, and mental discipline - comes together, and players feel themselves lifted to a level of peak performance in which limits seem to fall away."
- Andrew Cooperinspiring , motivational , Andrew Cooper , action , athlete , discipline , flow , in-the-zone , invincible , limitless , practice , skill , sports , training
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times."
- Bruce Leemotivational , Bruce Lee , fight , practice , skill , sports , talents , training , workout-exercise