The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Old age is no place for sissies.

There is no education like adversity.

A setback only paves the way for a comeback.

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Keep your mind off the things you don’t want by keeping it on the things you do want.

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

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.

Revenge-seeking minds destroy states, while those seeking reconciliation build nations.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

Man is neither angel nor beast; and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.

The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.