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

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

The best way out is always through.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snowflake.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little

At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all.

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

We’re all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Heard once that in dire times when you need a sign, that’s when they appear.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes.

God writes a lot of comedy… the trouble is, he’s stuck with so many bad actors who don’t know how to play funny.

Are you aware that your spirit needs to be fed? Did you know that your spirit would be delighted to partake in a feast of spiritual food? How about a plate full of prayer? Or maybe a few hours of succulent self-reflection. Perhaps a piping-hot selection of spiritual literature, served by the side of a lake or under a tree, would satisfy your spiritual hunger. Can you imagine feasting for a few hours on spiritually uplifting music? What about some forgiveness à la mode, topped with compassion? You cannot imagine how much your spirit would enjoy it.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.

Confession of one’s guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.

Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.