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.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

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.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

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

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.