William Henley

Without passion you don’t have energy, with out energy you have nothing.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Vision is not enough – it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.

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.

You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now.

If you haven’t found it yet keep looking.

Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.

It was a feeling I had. People were taught how to think, we’re taught how to feel. We don’t know how to think for ourselves, [and] we don’t know how to feel for ourselves. People say ‘Feel free,’ but they don’t really want us to feel free. I felt a freedom, first of all, doing something that everybody tells you not to do.

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, ‘I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday’, that person cannot say, ‘I choose otherwise’.