No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.
Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.