The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.

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.

Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.

What happens when people open their hearts?""They get better.

She reflected she must be completely besotted with Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

I am about to learn what it's like to live here.

I want to be on that team that wins the world championship here in Chicago and sees the city go crazy.

I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.

The human being who acts is the human being who lives.

I never leaked information to Woodward and Bernstein or anyone else!

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.