The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
For every dark night, there's a brighter day
You have to make the rules, not follow them.
You are never too old to become younger!
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!