Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

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

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

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 I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

You shape your own destiny.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.