Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

We're lost, but we're making good time

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.