Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Aim for the highest.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Above all things, respect yourself.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

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

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

You got to get it while you can.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.