The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

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.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

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

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.