I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Know thyself.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

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

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

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

Be yourself, let you come through.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

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.