For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

If your business is only to sweep a crossing, remember it is your duty to make that crossing the best swept of the world.

Nothing will work unless you do.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!

As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.