The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.