Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Above all things, respect yourself.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

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

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

You shape your own destiny.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....