The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

Expecting the best means that you put your whole heart (i.e. the central essence of your personality) into what you want to accomplish. People are defeated in life not because of lack of ability, but for lack of wholeheartedness. They do not wholeheartedly expect to succeed. Their heart isn't in it, which is to say, they themselves are not fully given.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.