Each of us was born with wings...(and) has the ability to go farther than we ever thought possible,
to do things beyond our wildest imaginings.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

Be fanatics. When it comes to being, doing, and dreaming the best, be maniacs.

The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best,
you are helping not only yourself, but the world.

To every person there comes that special moment when they are tapped on the shoulder to do a very special thing unique to them. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared for the work that would be their finest hour.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

"It takes as much stress to be a success as it does to be a failure."

The school of ignorance is the most expensive school but some will learn in no other.

One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.

When we let go of the chase for more, and consciously examine and experience the resources we already have, we discover our resources are deeper than we knew or imagined. In the nourishment of our attention, our assets expand and grow.

When you follow your bliss doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

The second mile—the one for which you're not paid—generally yields more returns in the long run
than the first mile.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Accept what comes to you, use what works for you.