The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

When you're through changing you're through.

If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped.

It is said that great leaders are born, not made. The saying is true to this degree, that no man can persuade people to do what he wants them to do, unless he genuinely likes people, and believes that what he wants them to do is to their own advantage.

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.

Jesus brought forth men's greatest efforts by the promise of obstacles not rewards.