I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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 that has been opened for us.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
I used to walk into a room full of people and wonder if they liked me... now I look around and wonder if I like them.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
A PERSON WHO WON'T READ HAS NO ADVANTAGE OVER ONE WHO CAN'T READ.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
A PERSON WHO WON'T READ HAS NO ADVANTAGE OVER ONE WHO CAN'T READ.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
I never wish to be easily defined.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
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 that has been opened for us.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
Be the type of person you want to meet!
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
Wherever you are, be there totally
It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground.
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
Focus on problems, you'll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.