Always take a job that is too big for you.

[L]ife ceases to be a fraction and becomes an integer.

Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get ride of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but anyhow, make a pearl. And it takes faith and I love to do it.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.