Quotes to inspire and reflect

Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

I don't try to jump over 7 foot bars, I look around for 1 foot bars that I can step over.

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy...you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing.

I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.

One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of Creation.

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.

If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.

Happiness is not an accident. Nor is it something you wish for. Happiness is something you design.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

To fill the hour, and leave no crevice ... that is happiness.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

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

Our necessities never equal our wants.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.

He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without.

It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities life is worth living, and then out of sinful curiosity you open a newspaper. You are disillusioned and wrecked.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Remember this that very little is needed to make a happy life.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.