Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

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

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

When I give, I give myself.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

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

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

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

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.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

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

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

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