All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can’t.
Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.
To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
No man fails who does his best.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one’s being.
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes – every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be crowded with grand possibilities.
The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.