Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.