He who doesn't look ahead remains behind.

Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.

There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.

it takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

The minute you get away from fundamentals—whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation—the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.

Dying is nothing. What is terrible is not to live.

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.

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

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.

Action expresses priorities.

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

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.