Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.