Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature; these are the spur and reins whereby al mankind are set on work, and guided.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Impossible is just an opinion.

Man is a universe in little.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.

In reading lives of great people, I found the first victory won was over themselves.

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, insofar as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.