You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

Know thyself.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

All thinking men are atheists.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.