Everyone has it within their power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

We are our choices.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wide choice of many alternatives.

Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation.