Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

If there's anything you're not happy about-in your relationships, in your health, in your career-make a decision right now about how you're going to change it immediately.

I will be a man among men; and no longer a dreamer among shadows.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

The greatest joy is to transform one’s feelings into action.

Your dreams should never be better than your real life

Know yourself and go in swinging.

Let us face ourselves bravely as we are. For only a philosophy that recognizes reality can lead us into true happiness, and only that kind of philosophy is sound and healthy.

Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source.

When I look around and see the beautiful people and wonderful surroundings that are now my reality, I know that I have overcome so much.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you.

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.