The first part of success is 'Get-to-it-iveness'; the second part of success is 'Stick-to-it-iveness'.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

No one chooses his parent or childhood, but you can choose your own direction. Everyone has problems and obstacles to overcome.

God works through people by stirring their hearts and sometimes people never know how they are helping others.

Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed.

I am so glad that I get to maintain a relatively down-to-earth lifestyle.

The role of the teacher is to make sure that the practice is pure. By guiding the student, you make sure that they are really going into the planes of light and not fooling themselves.

I'm not trying to be a finger-wagger at society. I sort of start with myself.

Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.

With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.

If a poor family falls on hard times in the woods, and no one is around to care, did it really happen?

The America I was born and raised in intersected with people of all ethnicities and beliefs and that, coupled with my parents' instilling of good values, made me the individual I am now.