If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

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

You got to get it while you can.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.