It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

If successful people have one common trait, it’s an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they need without asking for permission; they’re driven, talented, and work through negatives by focusing on the positives.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Whether you be man or woman, you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” –James Lane Allen

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

When the bull’s-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.

It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

Money like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself.

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find it on your own terms.