~ Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ~
~ The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty ~
~ Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them ~
~ Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding ~
~ There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something ~
~ Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is ~
~ I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished ~
~ The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains. ~
~ A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you ~
~ Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments ~
~ One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life ~
~ Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake ~