The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

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

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

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

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.