Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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.
What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
