The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

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

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

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

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

There is always room at the top.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

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

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.