Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Our intentions create our reality.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
The best way out is always through.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Don't quit.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Live life with passion.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Nothing succeeds like success.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.