Reporter: "Why climb Everest?"
George Mallory: "Because it's there."

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

haha i love this thread! Not sure how I have missed it until now. Personal favs

"ANYTHING is possible"

"A rising tide lifts all boats"

"The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of defeat." - Sarah Bombell

It is not the stone you see that trips you on your face.

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat"

- Theodore Roosevelt


"Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end (which you can never afford to lose) with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be"

- James Stockdale

One of my favorite motivational quotes for sports/school/poker:

"When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win” - Ed Macauley

My last few quotes about George Mallory came from this documentary.

http://watchdocumentary.com/watch/th...b342e1003.html

This has inspired me a lot. Will most likely resonate with English (British) people moreso but I think anyone with 90 mins to spare and looking for a pick-me-up should watch this for sure. It's truly stunning!

Why would anyone ever need 2 Russel Simmons quotes???

Some want it to happen to them.

Some wish it will happen to them.

Others make it happen to them.

What lies behind you and what lies before you are tiny matters compared to what lies within you.

---Emerson

When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.

Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.