It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

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

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.

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

Now what should happen when you make a mistake is this: You take your knocks, you learn your lessons and then you move on. That’s the healthiest way to deal with a problem.

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

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.

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

The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.