“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.”

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face.

The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.

Let’s never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let’s do as General Eisenhower does: let’s never waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like.

Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.

You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.

Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .

Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener.

One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn’t otherwise accomplish.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.

The best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine