Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
The purpose of life is the life of purpose.
You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.
The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
No one ever drowned in sweat.
The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.
Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.