What I stand for is what I stand on.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

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...

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

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

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

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

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Be yourself, let you come through.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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

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

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

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

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.