That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.
Don’t count the days, make the days count.
Life is available only in the present moment.
I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits.
There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.
If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.
Do nothing that is of no use.
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
Be here now.
If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.
When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.
The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.
Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility.
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.