Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.
The future depends on what you do today.
Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
Success comes to those who become success conscious.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.
When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
Any idea, plan or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.