If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
The ready back gets all the loads.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
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.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
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.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Actions speak louder than words.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Honesty is the best image.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Live life with passion.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Talkers are no good doers.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
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.
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.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Live with passion !
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.