The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.

If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.

Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

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

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Great is he, who conquers the frightful. Sublime is he, who, while succumbing to it, fears it not.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being—you.

All limitations are self-imposed.

I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Unless above himself he can erect himself, how poor a thing is man!

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

The oldest, shortest words - “yes” and “no” - are those which require the most thought.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

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

You are the only person who thinks in your mind. You are the power and authority in your world.

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.