People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
All wealth is the product of labor.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.