Big achievements start with a small one.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

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

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control. The firm resolve of a determined soul. Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it, soon or late.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Impossible is just an opinion.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

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.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

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

For great and low there's but one test: 'Tis that each man do his best.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

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

There is a force that somehow pushes us to choose the more difficult path whereby we can transcend the mire and muck into which we are so often born. Despite all that resists the process, we do become better human beings.

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

Money grows on the tree of persistence.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

There is nothing in the world that empowers a human being to overcome external difficulties or internal hardships so much as the awareness that one has a task in life.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to allow his vision wherever it takes him.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.

I did not seek greatness. I only sought to fulfill my duties.

Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a torch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness, you'll upgrade it, you'll fill it with prestige and power.