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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
Nothing is interesting if you're not interested.
I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
The greatest thing we can possibly gain from this life is the ability to love, and to love greatly.
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
What you think you become.
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
To understand everything is to forgive everything.
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Say you are well, or all is well with you, and God shall hear your words and make them true.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.