In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

Everything in God's store is on the bottom shelf...you have to get on your knees to get it.

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.

There is nothing on earth that you can not have once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have it.

Think of things not as they are, but as they might be. Don't merely dream- but create.

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.

Harmony and Peace do not rise from any church, temple, mosque or synagogue. They can only rise from individual human conscience.

Take back your power! I wish you the wisdom to realize that the problem isn't that they keep lying to you

Obama can't change his cool disposition, though it would be nice if he lost the vaguely grudging air he gives off that problems of management get in the way of ideas.

leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing

We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose - the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.

One in All All in One-- If only this is realized, No more worry about your not being perfect (175)

At school, I basically wear one pair of jeans and sneakers for months on end.

Every president feels that he has gotten unfair, dishonest coverage from the news media.

The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation.