The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''

Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations. Hold on steadily, let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do things, we can accomplish those goals.

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

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

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

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.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win—if you don't, you won't.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.

It matters not what goal you seek It's secret here reposes; You've got to dig from week to week To get Results and Roses.