“Go on and improve in everything worthy.”

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.

If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.

Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.

I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.

It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.

From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.

After all those years in Asia, I don’t have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and – Boom! – people go.

If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.

I’d rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing.

At some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.

In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind.