A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.
I believe that every person is born with talent.
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...
I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes