Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

Great speakers are not born, they're trained.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Once you have made a careful decision based on facts, go into action. Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate, worry, and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder.

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.