Content makes poor men rich; discontent rich men poor.

It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not to waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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.

We are our choices.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, buy you will never imprison my mind.

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.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

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

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

You cannot make progress without making decisions.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting and achieving goals.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.