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

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

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

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

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

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

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.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.