I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you read more

Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you -- don't do it. Say no. That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it. That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it. Stay away from it. It can destroy you.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of read more

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what read more

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions
come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic)
rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will
sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the
foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

You've got to watch your mind all the time or you'll awaken and find a
strange picture on your press.

You've got to watch your mind all the time or you'll awaken and find a
strange picture on your press.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.