When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
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.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
It's always too early to quit.
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.