It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

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

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

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

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

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.