A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

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

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

Make today worth remembering.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

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

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.