In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I won’t be. You Can Achieve Anything!
DWAYNE JOHNSON
DWAYNE JOHNSON
Dwayne Johnson on achievement
Dwayne Johnson68 quotes“In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I won’t be. You Can Achieve Anything!”
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As you step every day and we’re going to see challenges, we going to see failures, we should certainly learn from the failures and be gracious with our successes too as well.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson I’ve learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we’ll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson You don’t need directions, just point yourself to the top and go!
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Success isn’t always about ‘greatness’. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson It’s easy to be a bad ass, it’s easy to act like a bad ass, easy to act like a tough guy, it’s easy to be a diva, and it’s easy to be self absorbed. The list goes on and on but to me, I always just find it more important to be nice and kind.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson When you walk up to opportunities door, don’t knock it, Kick that B*tch in, smile and introduce yourself
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Our reputations precedes us. If I know someone is not nice, not kind, an asshole – I generally don’t want to work with them.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson My philosophy is, it’s always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don’t mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I’d like you to laugh with me occasionally, too.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can’t.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Change doesn’t begin when we get knocked on our ass. It begins the moment we decide to get back up on our own feet.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, “awe s***.. they’re up”.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson I think that always makes it fun, trying to create a heroic character and putting your own twist on it and injecting your own personality into it.
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It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.
Sonia SotomayorSonia Sotomayor We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be.
Wim HofWim Hof That which neither weapon nor flame could accomplish will be achieved by a sweet speaking tongue in council.
NostradamusNostradamus Happiness is not a tangible thing, it’s a byproduct – a byproduct of achievement.
Ray KrocRay Kroc Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs I couldn’t even find my bike.
Willie NelsonWillie Nelson It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor.
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