I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Freedom and independence form my character.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Know thyself.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

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

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.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.