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

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

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

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

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.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.