Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

Ambition never comes to an end.

Ambition never comes to an end.

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking
and believing. As individuals think and believe, read more

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking
and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the
valley.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the
valley.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you
want.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you
want.