Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

I'm an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.

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.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting and achieving goals.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspire others.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it continues the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

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.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.