Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.