Believe one who has proved it.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

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 always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.

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.

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.

Unless you believe you will not understand.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

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.

Affirmation is an internal positive statement that supports an external outcome.

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.

No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

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