Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Freedom and independence form my character.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

Do what you can, with what you have, where 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.

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

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.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.