Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

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

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

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

It always seems impossible until it's done.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.