If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

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

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

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

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

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

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

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

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.