If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
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.
We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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...
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.
