“When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.”

It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Young man, make your name worth something.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owing real estate.

I don’t believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

tall oaks from little acorns grow.

You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced

That best portion of a good man’s life— His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.

I believe that every interaction is an act of fate in some way, that we’re meant to interact with them, and it’s our job to flesh that out and experience it to the fullest and learn the lessons we’re meant to.

You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars.

You are the Master of your Fate, the Captain of your Soul.

I’ve noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.

To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.

Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.