In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

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

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

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

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.