The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

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

I am the captain of my soul.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Be yourself, let you come through.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

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.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.