That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone: kindness in another’s trouble, courage in our own.

All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.

You don’t get in life what you want. You get what you are.

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

You are your own most important resource for making your life work. Life rewards action. Until your knowledge, awareness, insights, and understandings are translated into action, they are of no value.

Action is where it’s at, as far as making dreams come true. We ourselves are the prime channel for our creations, so if we don’t act but just wait, then we are blocking the channel. If we do act then we will be supported by all that we are connected to...

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into action.

If you have made mistakes there is always another chance for you... you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endu

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.