As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

You are victors, not victims!

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don’t need money.

Measure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Men must know their limitations.

To win is always good for the feeling of the whole team.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

I am just one human being.

You’ll see it when you believe it.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

Love is a state of being.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

It’s hard for anybody who’s been with me not to feel starved for affection when I’m making love to my ideas. Maybe it’s not meant for me to settle down and be married.

So many people are looking at what’s wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what’s right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

The man who has no problems is out of the game.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

If you’re going to spend two years of your life on something, it has to matter to you; you have to be passionate about it.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

I never hold a grudge.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Some Christians feel guilty when they are doing something that isn’t ‚spiritual.‘ Somehow or another, they feel the need to hurry through the grocery store, dash through the house cleaning, and rush through all the daily aspects of life that seem irrelevant to their faith.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.