To be haunted by past failures or satisfied with past successes is to arrest forward motion.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
There’s a vastness here and I believe that the people who are born here breathe that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in.
Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.
Success is never final; failure is never fatal.
I can think of no greater God-given responsibility we have than that of extending a helping hand to our fellow man.
To some degree, you control your life by controlling your time.
To achieve big things you have to have big dreams.
Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub.
Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.
I know when I have a problem and have done all I can to figure it, I keep listening in a sort of inside silence ’til something clicks and I feel a right answer.
It always started with a dream.
As the funds you will expend have come from many places in the world, so let there be no territorial, religious, or color restrictions on your benefactions, but beware of organized, professional charities with high-salaried executives and a heavy ratio of expense.
There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute.
In all my travels I have never seen the hospitality of San Francisco equalled anywhere in the world.
In the circle of successful living, prayer is the hub that holds the wheel together. Without our contact with God we are nothing. With it, we are ’a little lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor.