No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Within all of us is a divine capacity to manifest and attract all that we need and desire.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

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.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

It’s very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it’s very nice.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

I do believe in self-help.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

I was never particularly fond of my voice.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

If I’ve got something do. I’m going to attack it. I’m going to attack that stress.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you – black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Don’t ever play yourself.

No man is hurt but by himself.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

If you’re not going to be rewarded for your virtues, and instead you’re going to be punished for them, then what’s your motivation to continue?

It is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

I was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ‚Funny Face‘ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance – and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

I always wanted a family.

I’m a can-do girl.

People don’t usually compliment your character.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won’t see why we go.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

I’ve learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you’d talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.