Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
What is important is seldom urgent, and what is urgent is seldom important.
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years.
Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Character is formed in the small moments, not just the big events.
You cannot lead without followers.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
You dont lead by hitting people over the headthats assault, not leadership.
Every achievement starts with the decision to try.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you dont care who gets the credit.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
There’s no such thing as a good excuse.
Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
If you want total security, go to prison.
A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
We are not a service; we are a mission.
To be successful, you must first believe that you can be.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Your outlook on life is a direct reflection on how much you like yourself.
The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield.
In warfare, there is no second prize for the runner-up.
When you get into the fight, its not how many times you get knocked down that counts, but how many times you get back up.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Leadership is the ability to hide your panic.
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterdays success or put its failures behind and start over again.
Success is a journey, not a destination.
In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is essential.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Whether you think you can or you think you cant, youre right.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
The test of leadership is not to hold a position, but to be able to cope with change.
True leadership lies in guiding others to success.
Commitment is the key to success.
Be careful about those who only offer solace. They may be selling you a reason to stop trying.
Its not about what you say; its about what you do.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.