He who despairs is wrong.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.

As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that, if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind, I would remain a prisoner.

Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full resources that are within thy reach.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you. . . If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.