Emotions and Feelings

The best motivating is self-motivating. The guy says, ‘I wish someone would come by and turn me on.’ What if they don’t show up? You’ve got to have a better plan for your life.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment . . . It gives warmth and good feeling to all your personal relationships.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Look at frustration as a positive thing. It is the frustration that drives you to improve.

A little bit added to what you’ve already got gives you a little bit more.

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to stir the souls of men.

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher’s the poet’s equal there.

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

Loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game; True as a dial to the sun, Although it be not shined upon.

Loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game; True as a dial to the sun, Although it be not shined upon.

My mistakes are my life.

The imagination is man’s power over nature.

He that first cries out "Stop thief!", is often he that has stolen the treasure.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your BELIEF will help create the fact.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your BELIEF will help create the fact.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.