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.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Don't change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day.
Focus on problems, you'll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
I never wish to be easily defined.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
A PERSON WHO WON'T READ HAS NO ADVANTAGE OVER ONE WHO CAN'T READ.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
I never wish to be easily defined.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Focus on problems, you'll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
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.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
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 best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground.
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.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
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.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.