We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we want ourselves to be we have the power to make ourselves.
Swami Vivekananda, Karma Yoga
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Your thoughts are either faithful servants or tyrannical masters—just as you allow them to be.
William Walker Atkinson, Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World
Life, as I see it, is not a location, but a journey.
Henry Ford, My Life and Work
We gain permanent strength exactly to the extent of the effort required to overcome difficulties.
Charles F. Haanel, The Master Key System
What is wanted for growth is not a change without us, but a change within us.
Annie Besant, Thought Power: Its Control and Culture
We are what we make ourselves and not what circumstances make us.
Émile Coué, Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion
…stick to it steadily; and you will see great Effects, for Constant Dropping wears away Stones, and by Diligence and Patience the Mouse ate in two the Cable; and Little Strokes fell great Oaks…
Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth
When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.
P. T. Barnum, Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum
The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, and then intelligently asking why they did so.
Thomas Troward, The Doré Lectures
When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.
Nikola Tesla, My Inventions