Harry Truman

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Keep on trying… each failure is one step closer to a success.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

We all prospect, and don’t even know we’re doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you’re interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.

It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It’s how we make and keep commitments, how we handle a traffic jam, how we respond to an irate customer or a disobedient child. It’s how we view our problems and where we focus our energies. It’s the language we use.

Do not attempt to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you’d think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.