He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.

You write in order to change the world…the world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimetre the way people look at reality, then you change it.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

Most bold change is the result of a hundred thousand tiny changes that culminate in a bold product or procedure or structure.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others—it only changes yours.

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. All that is not a true change will disappear in the future society.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

Some of the worst things in my life never happened.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.