It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

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.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

There is no education like adversity.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives.

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

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

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.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.

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

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the lord. Be positive.