For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

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

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

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

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

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.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...