You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

The man with no imagination has no wings.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

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.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

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

When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

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.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

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

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

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.