Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

Everything you can imagine is real.

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Be yourself, let you come through.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.