No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

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

You got to get it while you can.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

One man with courage is a majority.

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ideas come from everything

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.