Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

How long should you try? Until.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

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.

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

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

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.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.