People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank Sinatra

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
Saint Francis de Sales

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Robert Baden-Powell

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
Thomas J. Watson

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
Thomas J. Watson

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
Charles Dickens

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.
Annie Leibovitz

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
Alice Walker

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
James Allen

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
James Allen

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
Johnny Carson

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.
Jack Kerouac

I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you.
Mia Hamm

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
R. Buckminster Fuller

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca