Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.