Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.
A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
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.