First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

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

The time is always right to do the right thing

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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

I believe that every person is born with talent.

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

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...