The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
