It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
Nothing will work unless you do.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
You feel good, you feel bad, and these feelings are bubbling from your own unconsciousness, from your own past. Nobody is responsible except you. Nobody can make you angry, and nobody can make you happy.
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
I always finish what I start.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
You always have a choice.
Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.