Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
TR Theodore RooseveltU.S. President · 1858–1919What this quote means
Confidence is itself progress. Deciding that something is possible clears the first and largest obstacle — your own doubt — so the rest of the effort has somewhere to go.
Context
26th U.S. President and famed advocate of the strenuous life, action, and believing in oneself.
This line is among the quotes by Theodore Roosevelt that readers return to on motivation — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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