You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Don't think it, ink it.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Never, never, never give up.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
The world belongs to the energetic.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
They can because they think they can.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Every human heart is human.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Let thy words be few.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
The buck stops here.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.