The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

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

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

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

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

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

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

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

The best way out is always through.

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