“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, “Things that never happened.”

Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Believe that you will succeed, and you will.

Believe you will be successful and you will.

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness – and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.

If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.

Without the confidence, nothing can be accomplished.

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

People are happiest when they have goals, small and large, because they can look forward to attaining them.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.

The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.

A person might be an expert in any field of knowledge or a master of many material skills and accomplishments. But without inner cleanliness his brain is a desert waste.

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.