“Always do what you are afraid to do.”

The years teach much the days never know.

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

If you are going to win the fight of your life, you can’t be afraid to fight.

I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing. I mean that sincerely.

Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.

What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

If you are afraid of making mistakes, you won’t learn anything and you won’t make much money.

My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.