I do believe in self-help.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

If I’m going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can’t just order you to do it.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

If I can be a leader, I will.

Education doesn’t change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

I think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.

When I’m in management meetings when we’re deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I’m the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That’s the part of my life where I feel most in control.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

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

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.

I’m afraid to fail again.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

That’s the biggest gift I can give anybody: ‚Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you’re doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.‘

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

I always have to be writing.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

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

What’s dangerous is not to evolve.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Never confuse motion with action.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.