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

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

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

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

The man with no imagination has no wings.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

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

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.