The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Above all things, respect yourself.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

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

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.