Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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

I believe that every person is born with talent.

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

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

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

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

They alone live, who live for others.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

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

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

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.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.