The Wisdom Chest

“I'm not special. I can get better at anything.”

“It's supposed to be hard.”

“Spend less than you make. Save the difference. Be patient.”

“Yes, and...”

“Don't grow too fast.”

“Hard way is the right way. There are no shortcuts.”

“Short-term gains, long-term losses.”

“People come from people.”

“Do you want to be right, or do you want this outcome?”

“Happiness comes from solving problems.”

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.”

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

“There will always be a reason why you meet people. Either you need them to change your life, or you're the one to change theirs.”

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

“Fear is not recorded, courage is.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

“A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot.”

“Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue your dreams.”

“Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.”

“People overestimate what they can do in a single day, and underestimate what they can do in their whole lives.”

“Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering, 'I will try again tomorrow.'”

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

“A bar of iron costs £5. Made into horseshoes, it's worth £12. Made into needles, it's worth £3,500. Made into balance springs for watches, it's worth £300,000.”

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.”

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

“Live your dream, and share your passion.”

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.”

“As long as you're being a copycat, you will never be the best copycat.”

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.”

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.”

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.”

“To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it. It's unfortunate that this has happened. No — it's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it, not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone, but not everyone could have remained unharmed by it. So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“Don't just wait for inspiration. Become it.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Nothing will bring you peace; you must bring yourself to it.”

“How many success stories do you need to hear before you make your own?”

“The cure to boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

“There are no quick fixes. But by taking action just a little bit every day, you will build up a powerful reservoir of confidence, self-esteem, and discipline.”

“The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.”

“It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.”

“Ask yourself: who do you want to be? Figure out for yourself what makes you happy, no matter how crazy it may sound to other people.”

“Slow progress is better than no progress.”

“He who said money can't buy happiness hasn't given enough away.”

“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”

“One who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”

“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.”

“We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we truly believe in, and those we never think to question.”

“The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

“An amateur practices until they can play it correctly; a professional practices until they can't play it incorrectly.”

“The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.”

“We are what we repeatedly do.”

“Play nice but win.”

“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”

“Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart.”

“If you find yourself constantly trying to prove your worth to someone, you have already forgotten your value.”

“Be the one who decided to go for it.”

“Life won't give you what you want if you want everything.”

“Obsessed is a word that the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”

“You don't have to be cruel to be tough.”