“Little people talk about people. Medium size people talk about things. And big people talk about ideals and principles.”
“Beautiful thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of grace and kindliness, which solidify into genial and sunny circumstances; pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control.”
“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves— to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.”
“Life is like a book we can either study it or let it gather dust on the shelves of the world.
“It isn’t your position that makes you happy or unhappy, it’s your disposition.”
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, To everyone you can.”
“It a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
“Some men see things as they are, and ask, “why?” I dare to dream of things that never were, and ask—”Why not?”
“Big shots are little shots that keep shooting.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“The pain you feel is the breaking of shell that encloses your understanding.”
“Success is not measure by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed.”
“A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what to do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”