Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

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

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

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

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

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

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

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

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

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.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

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.