Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

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

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

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

You shape your own destiny.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.