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

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

Ideas come from everything

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

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

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

I love those who can smile in trouble...