You are measured by whether you take personal accountability, or not.

Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.

When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's--eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, insofar as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I've learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one's reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one's master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person's view requires to be faked.

To educate in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

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

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

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.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

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

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

Only 3 things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and under performance. Everything else requires leadership.

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.

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

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

A friend is as it were a second self.

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

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!

Conquer yourself rather than the world.