Whatever you are, be a good one.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

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.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

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.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

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

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.