From Orient PointThe art of living isn’t hard to muster:Enjoy the hour, not what it might portend.When someone makes you promises, don’t trust herunless they’re in the here and now, and just herwilling largesse free-handed...

When you see someone on top, look away and don’t try to bring him down, because he may someday help you reach the top.

It’s not about what you’re capable of, it’s about what you are willing to endure.

Make gratitude a habit you indulge in each night.

Join hands with other protagonists of love and peace and become a love commander.

The ultimate message of this book, though, is not that should strive for publication, but that you should become devoted to the craft of writing, for its own sake. Ask yourself what you would do...

Where are we going? It’s not an issue of here or there. And if you ever feel you can’t take another step, imagine how you might feel to arrive, if not wiser, a little more...

Ye are most strong, ye Sons of the icy North, of the far East, far marching from your rugged Eastern Wildernesses, hither-ward from the gray Dawn of Time! Ye are Sons of the Jotun-land; the...

I don’t believe in failure. I’m perseverant – I believe in failing.

I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid.I wish to believebut belief is agraveyard.

Don’t believe you’ve reached the end before you’ve even reached the beginning.

Mandela alikuwa hodari ndiyo maana akapelekwa jela. Alikuwa mvumilivu ndiyo maana akakaa jela kwa miaka ishirini na saba. Alivyotoka akawa kiongozi bora wa Afrika Kusini. Utu ukafanya awasamehe binadamu wenzake. Urithi wa Nelson Mandela kwetu...

The devil’s happy when the critics run you off.

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything – that is the definition of conviction.

In communities, at work, but particularly in families, people are put together in something like a three-legged race. God means us to cross the finish line together, and all the other people tied together with...

I arise to face my failures every morning, but I never fail to face them.

This is how you must be. You must become as evangelical about your promised outcome as he is about his. You must believe that you, and you alone, have the solution to your prospects problems....

Start with the difficult and when it gets easy, everything else is easier.

There are always periodic opportunities to give up, while every single moment is an opportunity to persevere.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

When you prepare, regularly work hard, create value, help others get what they want, and persevere… the life of your dreams is INEVITABLE.

The distance a goldfish swims is not controlled by the bowl.

Never lose your passion 2 dream.

It’s easier to start over than to work to make something last.

The shift in thought frequency of a single individual has enough energy to light up the world’s lighthouses—we hold that much power within us.

It’s the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward.

I dreamed my shoulders held up the sky for a thousand hawks that squawked and cawed and beat their feathered wings against the hotness of the day. I supported their flight, watching and marveling, until...

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance....

Those not chasing their dreams should stay out of the way of those who are.

Personal growth does not require a pre-qualification from anyone; pre-qualify yourself towards your potential; your mind and faith will start propelling your focus in that direction.

If you are truly flexible and go until… there is really very little you can’t accomplish in your lifetime.

Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused—in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened—by the recurrence of Christmas. There are people...

When you get to the end of your rope. Tie a knot and hang on.

The writer’s curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

Our power of perseverance is as that of an eagle. We soar above our challengers.

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.

There are those among us who have erred, deeply and significantly. Who have wounded the world and broken themselves. The worst of them lose themselves in their errors. The best of them crawl back, one...

What is the true cost of a purchasing decision that goes wrong?

Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be...

Chronologically she is twelve, but emotionally she is older, and intellectually older still.

Faith and perseverance is the key to overcoming obstacles.

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

If we walk far enough,” says Dorothy, “we shall sometime come to someplace.

Live each day like you are celebrating your birthday—that is what life wants for you. Engage with family and friends. Indulge in good food, music and dance. You are precious to life.

Success is for those who are persistent in the face of reality. The harsher the truth, the stronger they hold on to their dreams.

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

Here is a boy who was waiting to be punished. But then, unexpectedly,he ,nds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the worldreappears in brilliant colors, full of delightful prospects. Here...

All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.