Man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. ... You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.
You have to erect a fence and say, "Okay, scale this."
You can change your beliefs so they empower your dreams and desires. Create a strong belief in yourself and what you want.
Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.
A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.
You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
What our deepest self craves is not mere enjoyment, but some supreme purpose that will enlist all our powers and give unity and direction to our life.
The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.
Happiness is not the end of life; character is.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise-it makes you stretch.
Growth is not concerned with itself.
The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.
If ambition doesn't hurt you, you haven't got it.
We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.
This is true joy of life-being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
