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

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.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

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.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

They alone live, who live for others.

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

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

I am the lizard king. I can do anything.

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

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

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

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.