With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

Affirmation is an internal positive statement that supports an external outcome.

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature; these are the spur and reins whereby al mankind are set on work, and guided.

The change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal—a commitment to excellence—that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance.

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves . . . But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.

True strength lies in gentleness.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

At the end of the day, we can endure more than we think we can.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.

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.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.