Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Aim for the highest.

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

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

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

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.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Be yourself, let you come through.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.