Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

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

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

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

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

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 confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Be yourself, let you come through.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.