To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that, if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind, I would remain a prisoner.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

The No. 1 reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.

Failure is part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Esteem to your higher self.