Above all things, respect yourself.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Aim for the highest.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

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

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

All thinking men are atheists.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.