Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
We need never be ashamed of our tears.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....
I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
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.
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
We're lost, but we're making good time
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
