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.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

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

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

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

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.