The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.