When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.
Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
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.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
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.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.
How long should you try? Until.
