If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
My life is my message.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Success is predictable.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
They can because they think they can.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Without a general an army is lost.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
What ever you are be a good one.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Ideas without action are worthless.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Change your thoughts, change your life.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.