It's the small choices we make over time that define who we are.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

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.

People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I've learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one's reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one's master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person's view requires to be faked.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others, than you can by what others say about him!

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.

He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Fundamentally, there are only to ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion — the technique of the army and the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation — the technique of the marketplace.

Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives.

We are free up to the point of choice, then the choice controls the chooser.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

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

No one returns with good will to the place which has done him a mischief.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.

Every moment is made glorious by the light of love.

Time makes more converts than reason.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.