""I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.""
"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men."
"Don’t let life happen to you, make life happen FOR you."
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way."
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
"The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doings."
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
"We are our choices."
"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
"The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand."
"The most important of all the commandments is this: that you are not to be a victim of your own mind."