“It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.”

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.’

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

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.

It’s never come easy for me. I don’t think my mind allows me to rest ever. I have, I think, a chip on my shoulder, and some deep scars that I don’t think were healed.

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

I will keep working on different aspects of my games. It’s not so easy, and I need to work on every stroke.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.