I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

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

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

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.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

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

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

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.