Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

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

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

He who fears the sun will not become chief.

As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success, but for cultivating the success of the next generation.

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

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

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