Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

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

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

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

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.