Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

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.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

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.

The truth is, anyone can start projects. The world is full of just-started projects that looked great at the time but were never completed.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

I can do whatever I want.

Never confuse motion with action.

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

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can’t be locked up with anyone for too long.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That’s what capitalism is all about.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

We identify in our experience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

If there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Don’t think in the morning. That’s a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don’t think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

I think you’re working and learning until you die.

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.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

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

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

You either make dust or eat dust.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

No driver is perfect.

A lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing the biggest thing and getting the most users. I think part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

But, you know, you can’t be a star at home.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.