No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

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?’

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

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