There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
Success in life depends on action, that is, on what you do, and not what you Feel or think, and the price of success is hard work.
Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them
Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
To those whom much is given, much is expected.
Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
Change yourself and your work will seem different.