The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

The time is always right to do the right thing

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

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Freedom and independence form my character.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

When I give, I give myself.

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

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.