I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.