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

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

It's always too early to quit.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.