In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.
When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.
Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
