In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.

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

The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it continues the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself—and be lenient to everybody else.

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.