“There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.”

Absorb ideas from every source.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.

The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.

There is no substitute for hard work.

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Do the thing and the power will come.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Being present means being completely aware of all that is. It means you’re not in denial, you’re not pretending, and you’re not avoiding.

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

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.