Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

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

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.