Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

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

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.

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

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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

You got to get it while you can.

United we stand; divided we fall.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

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

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

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.