Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts read more

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters to what lies within us.

What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters to what lies within us.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It read more

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain read more

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in read more

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the read more

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.