Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

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

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

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

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.