Whatever you give your attention to, is the thing that governs your life.

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

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

Revenge-seeking minds destroy states, while those seeking reconciliation build nations.

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.

Keep your mind off the things you don’t want by keeping it on the things you do want.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

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

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

How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave.

One day Alice came to fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road do I take?” she asked. His response was a question: “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then, “said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain forever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I transgress it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.

A winner never taught me how to quit.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

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

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

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

You are the only person who thinks in your mind. You are the power and authority in your world.

Factual evidence can never “prove” a hypothesis; it can only fail to disprove it, which is what we generally mean when we say, somewhat inexactly, that the hypothesis is “confirmed” by experience.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.