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

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

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

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.