Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

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.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

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.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

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

Make today worth remembering.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

When I give, I give myself.