Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.

Happiness is a Swedish sunset ? it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.

A smile is a light in the window of your face to show your heart is at home.