Our self-image strongly held essentially determines what we become.

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.

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

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.

Our perception is our window to the world, and we need to wipe the dust off of our window often so we can continue to see through it clearly.

For what is the Void but the beginning of Light? What is Light but the end of Fear? And what am I, but Light given from? What am I, but the beginning of Eternity?

Eating was hard.Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us.

You can keep 'consumer' DNA at the center of your product. That will always mean that adoption is easier.

Ultimate stupidity: Mistakenly thinking you will get what you want by complaining about and focusing on exactly what you don't want.

Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?

As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.

Look down from as high as possible. Look ahead as far as you can see. Then decide what to do.

I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.