Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

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

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

Freedom and independence form my character.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

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

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

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

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.