We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.

Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively.

The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value.

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

I knew nothing of death, and, for some unexplainable reason, I was beginning to feel guilty for that. -Jessica

To hold as 't were the mirror up to nature.

You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be, The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea.

Uphill, downhill, I like that.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

You can make your life into a grand ever-evolving work of art. The key is your thoughts, the wonderous invisible part of you that is your spiritual soul.