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

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

One man with courage is a majority.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

I am the captain of my soul.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

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

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

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

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

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

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

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.

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