Know the world in yourself. Never look for yourself in the world, for this would be to project your illusion.

Towering in the confidence of twenty-one.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

A winner never taught me how to quit.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of human existence.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.

If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.

At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

You don't have to be big or well known to be great.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.