“Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’”

Time can’t be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up I do them.

Attitude is the reflection of a person, and our world mirrors our attitude.

Don’t catch the bad and infectious attitudes of others.

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them; our bodies take charge and do them for us.

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

Visualization is the human being’s vehicle to the future – good, bad, or indifferent. It’s strictly in our control.

By being persistent, you’re demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn’t have faith, you’d never persist.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.

We become what we think about.

You are responsible for how your life turns out, and your attitude shapes that life for better or worse.

Achievement requires more than a vision – it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality.

I’m against gun control. It’s not that I like guns, it’s just that allowing Americans to have guns will increase the chances that a bunch of rednecks will blow each other’s heads off.

It matters not whether its proponents have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

By simply doing the reverse and focusing on why you are lucky and grateful things are not worse, you will strengthen and increase your mind’s positive emotions and make yourself happy and even more likely to feel happy in the future.

The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.

Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.

[T]he State . . . gives idle capital the power of increase, and, through interest, rent, profit, and taxes, robs industrious labor of its products.

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.