Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Live life to the fullest.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Better late than never.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Make the second effort your second nature.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Do what you love and the money will follow
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
For with god all things are possible.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Never say die.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
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!
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Remove failure as an option.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Success is predictable.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.