Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
You have to make the rules, not follow them.
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
People die from typewriters falling on their heads.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
We need never be ashamed of our tears.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
The time is always right to do the right thing
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.