Definiteness of purpose can, and should, so completely occupy the mind that one has no time or space in the mind for thoughts of failure.”

Remember your dreams and fight for them. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible:the fear of failure.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

A setback only paves the way for a comeback.

Failure is part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

Keep your mind off the things you don’t want by keeping it on the things you do want.

Revenge-seeking minds destroy states, while those seeking reconciliation build nations.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

A winner never taught me how to quit.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

Do the difficult things while they are easy, and do the great things while they are small.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

If there is anything in the world a person should fight for, it is freedom to pursue his ideal, because in that is his great opportunity for self-expression, for the unfoldment of the greatest thing possible to him.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

Can’t is the worst word that is written or spoken; Doing more harm here than slander and lies; On it is many a strong spirit broken, And with it many a good purpose dies.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

I just want God’s will. And He’s allowed to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promise land . . . So I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other persons point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

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.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.