Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

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

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

You shape your own destiny.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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

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

Freedom and independence form my character.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

He that can have patience can have what he will.