No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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.

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

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

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

To lead people, walk behind them.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.