I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
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.
I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.
People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
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.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.