Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I’m fully behind.

Resist the need to be ‚right‘ all the time or to always have the last word.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.

I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.

It’s lack that gives us inspiration. It’s not fullness.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry – writing at writing.

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

My drive is other people’s success.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately… you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It’s easy to get discouraged in life.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.

My reputation grows with every failure.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!