Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

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

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

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

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

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

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

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Make today worth remembering.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

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

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!