I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Freedom and independence form my character.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

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

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.