In the hour of adversity be not without hope.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.

You will learn that no matter how many pieces your heart was broken into, the world will not stop for you to fix it.

No garden is without its weeds.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

No all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

I am not remotely interested in just being good.

The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

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.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.

Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.

A fair character is a fair fortune.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.

This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune—often the surfeit of our own behavior—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and teachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the “common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

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.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the lord. Be positive.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

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

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.