Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it’s gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief - that’s more terrible than dying—more terrible than dying young.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

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

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.

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

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

Desire is the essence of a man.

For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

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

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Fear gives intelligence even to fools.

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.