“The most important thing a parent can give a child is a positive self-image.”
Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
“What would happen if we took the time each day to quietly celebrate our accomplishments and focus on the positive?”
Source: Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You
“Each day, I noticed Coach sent us off with a positive comment. “It’s a great day to work together toward our goals,” he’d say after we’d gathered for the workout. On a particularly windy day, it would be: “What a great day to challenge and shape our perseverance.” Sometimes his words were simple—“Okay, let’s go”—and it was his upbeat, let’s-get-it-done inflection that set the tone for the workout.”
Source: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
“Develop a mind bank of positive images and thoughts – family, friends, previous successes, favourite places, a big plate of chips.”
Source: A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey
“I decided therefore that I would be firm with her, but at the same time positive and encouraging. With every word I would make her appreciate my belief in her and my admiration for her.”
Source: The Coach
“In every generation, people resist new ideas. What are you resisting today?”
Source: Quantraz
“It's very easy to trigger someone's anger: just enter his domain and start offering him unsolicited advice.”
Source: Quantraz
“If you are grateful for where you are, you have to respect the rode that got you there. We must appreciate all that we survive, the small, the medium and the monumental. Find gratitude in your life story. Wake up every morning and say to yourself I made it here from where I started and I am so proud of that. When we do this, we bless ourselves and feed ourselves with the love to flourish and keep going no matter where we come from or what we have been through.”
Source: Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life
“When you’re working to find Balance in a relationship, chances are you’ll have to confront any conflict head-on. These conversations have all kinds of names, but whether you call them crucial, fierce, or difficult, they’re necessary for relationships to grow in a positive and productive way.”
Source: Thoughtfully Fit: Your Training Plan for Life and Business Success
“I've learnt some Things. Like the way friendship can be just as intense, beautiful and endless as romance. Like the way there's love everywhere around me - there's love for my friends, there's love for my paintings, there's love for myself.”
Source: Loveless