Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
You are what you think you are.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
How far you go in life depends on you 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.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Talkers are no good doers.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
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.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
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.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
Let thy words be few.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Happiness is a state of mind.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.