Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

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

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

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

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.