I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

You got to get it while you can.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

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.

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

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.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.