The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.