Chuck Close

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

When you do your best to live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.

The world’s most deadly disease is hardening of the attitudes.

I’ve got to confess I’m a pragmatic optimist myself.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.