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.
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.
The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.
Things that are impossible just take longer.
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Create a set of great personal values and surround yourself with the right people that can form your support system. Have an optimistic spirit and develop a strong purpose that you completely believe in and everything you can imagine is possible, for you.
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.
When you follow your bliss doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.
Winners are the people who when the odds are stacked against them, and those around them have fallen, will have the courage to look within themselves and make the unbelievable believable, and the impossible possible.
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no ac
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of opportunities. An optimist makes opportunities of so-called difficulties.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, they make them.
Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth.
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Either you deal with what is the reality or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see and pursuing that vision.
Entrepreneurship is a state of mind, a can-do attitude, a capacity to focus on a vision and work toward it.
The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
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.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a small step.
An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends.
Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it’s greedy or loving.
Go out looking for one thing, and that’s all you’ll ever find.
