He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
It's never too late.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Remove failure as an option.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Ability is sexless.
He who hesitates is lost !
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
To go fast, row slowly.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Count your blessings.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
You can do what you want to do.
It is always your next move.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.