Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

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

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

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

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

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

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.