People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

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

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.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal—a commitment to excellence—that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

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.

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.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or good or joy worth having.

If we do not make common cause to save the good old ship of the Union on this voyage, nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

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

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.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

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

Limitations are merely opportunities to grow. I use them as stepping stones to success.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting and achieving goals.