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.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

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.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

What is once well done is done forever.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

I don’t get up, get dressed, go out, and think, ‚Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.‘

Fortune befriends the bold.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

I think that’s why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven’t given people everything.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

In two decades I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

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.

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

I’m actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly. Whether they will be of use to him is conditioned by survival. Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

When I get on a roll with something, it’s really hard for me to put it down unfinished.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

Once I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

Hundreds of people who’ve never written before send in ‚Dr. Who‘ scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

All great achievements require time.

Writing is challenging work because it’s so easy to get consumed with how it’s going, what’s going to happen to it, who’s going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

I don’t expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.