No man is defeated without until he is defeated within.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

Never be bored, and you will never be boring.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.

Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.

You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

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

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.

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

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.