Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

The time is always right to do the right thing

Aim for the highest.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

There is always room at the top.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

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.

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

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

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

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.