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

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

All wealth is the product of labor.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

It's always too early to quit.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

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

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Ideas come from everything

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.