Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
Everything you can imagine is real.
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.