Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found by seeking.

Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.

Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.

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 successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

If there is anything in the world a person should fight for, it is freedom to pursue his ideal, because in that is his great opportunity for self-expression, for the unfoldment of the greatest thing possible to him.

The higher you soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

There is nothing in the world that empowers a human being to overcome external difficulties or internal hardships so much as the awareness that one has a task in life.

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

When I was a child, my mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the Pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

The change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing.

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

I just want God’s will. And He’s allowed to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promise land . . . So I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.