You shape your own destiny.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Make today worth remembering.

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

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

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

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.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

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

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.