People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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.
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.
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
