“The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.”

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

To think you can creates the force that can.

Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.

But how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!

Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.

People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.

There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.

The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’

Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I will show you a winner everytime.

Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Something that i’m really proud of myself for is my ability to be able to digest food.

The sound of silence has the ability to teach the loudest lessons.

I hope I’m defined by my input to the world, my ability to love, and to have empathy.

I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.

A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.