Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.
You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.
The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
"We would accomplish many more things,if we did not think of them as Impossible."
The wishbone will never replace the backbone.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where the stand in times of challenge and controversy.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is lost, all is lost.
Happiness is not an accident, nor is it something you wish for. Happines is something you design.
Don't get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.
You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.
A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, 'What are we busy about'?"
True success is not necessarily about being the best at all cost. It's about DOING your best at all times. If you do that long enough, who knows, you might just end up being the best.
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Most people don't aim too high and miss. They aim too low and hit.
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
"You are what your deep driving desire is; As your desire is so is your will;
As your will is so are your deeds; As your deeds are so is your destiny".
We find comfort among those who agree with us- growth among those who don't.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Each day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence, but by oft falling.
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet.
The fear is worse than the pain.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you plan to stop peddling.
Real success comes in small portions day by day.
You should not permit your present situation to influence your thinking or your decision making that regardless of your present situation you should proceed immediately to set a goal to achieve something so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.
The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.
History has noted that the most notable winners usually encounter heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. If it really hurts that bad, go ahead and cry -- you'll feel better.
There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few that will catch your heart. Pursue them.
Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.
Don't make excuses - make good.
When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road ... unless you fail to make the turn.
The most important think in life is to stop saying "I wish" and start saying "I will." Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilites as probabilites.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions.
If you want to know your future - look into your present actions.
What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.
You don't just luck into things... You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you plan to stop peddling. - Claude Pepper
True success is not necessarily about being the best at all cost. It's about DOING your best at all times. If you do that long enough, who knows, you might just end up being the best.
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice
The best inheritance you can leave your kids is an example of how to live a full and meaningful life.
It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, "What are we busy about?"
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. - Nadia Comaneci
Choices are the hinges of destiny.
If your sunshine wants far outstrip your cold morning desire, have a talk with yourself. Then have a lot more talks with yourself. Convince number one that you can succeed--and you will succeed. If you don't believe in you, why should anyone else?
You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.
Nature gave us two ends: one to sit on and one to think with.
Ever since then, man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.
