“If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another until you succeed.”

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.

Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.

One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.

It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can’t be done.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter.

It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.

It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results.

When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.

Nothing is given to you.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.