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.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

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.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

The time is always right to do the right thing

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.