What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when read more

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in read more

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.