Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

Just because you're struggling with self-discipline doesn't mean you have to raise the white flag and declare your self-improvement efforts a complete failure. Instead, work to increase the chances that you'll stick to your healthier habits - even when you don't feel like it.

Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

Self-care is so much more than a beauty regimen or an external thing you do. It has to start within your heart to know what you need to navigate your life. A pedicure doesn't last, but meditating every day does.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals.

From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

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.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.

Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

The first step in empowerment is taking control of your health, respecting yourself and understanding and celebrating the value you bring to your family and society.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

In one of my recent books, 'The Success Principles,' I taught 64 lessons that help people achieve what they want out of life. From taking nothing less than 100 percent responsibility for your life to empowering others, these are the fundamentals to success - and to great leadership.

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

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.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

When you know your self-worth, and you read and you ask questions and you study and you travel, you become free.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

My earliest books focus almost entirely on psychological tools to help readers employ effective commonsense approaches to problems. There are no references to God or a higher self in the first 15 or so years of my publishing history.

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

My long-term dream is to have self-education in schools for mental, physical, and emotional health because we need to learn how to speak to ourselves in a loving way and to each other.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Self-management and self-control are the keys to advanced knowledge, and both are difficult to learn without a sense of your own cultural identity.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

This knowledge that you might have to really reorganize and redefine yourself and build new skills is really important.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.