Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

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 things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.

Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.

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.

An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.

it takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

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

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

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

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.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.