No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations. Hold on steadily, let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts prosecution.

There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

No matter who you are or what your position you must keeping fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

And God said love your enemy and I obeyed him and loved myself.

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.