Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
What ever you are be a good one.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Never stop dreaming.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
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.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
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.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Happiness is a choice.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
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.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Whatever it takes !
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There is no substitute for hard work.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.