Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Their is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Setting an exciting goal is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point-its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.