Charles James Fox Quotes

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

I've always, for whatever my faults have been, felt like I've never done anything halfway.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.

This is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

When I decide to do something, I do it.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.

There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.

I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.

When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'

I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a better husband too.

One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.

We’ll need high doses of humility, conviction, and passion. Stat!

It is much easier to start something than to finish it.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.