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

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

Always do what you are afraid to do.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

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.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

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

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak