If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.