When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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

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.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

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.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

What I stand for is what I stand on.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.