Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

It's always too early to quit.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

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.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

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

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.