You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can
get with just a kind word.

You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can
get with just a kind word.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up read more

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, read more

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried
deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its
generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time
and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought
unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your
faculties and powers become directed to that end.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would
achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain read more

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would
achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must
sacrifice greatly.

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself read more

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves
against the law.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves
against the law.

There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a read more

There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.