Aim for the highest.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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

What I stand for is what I stand on.

When I give, I give myself.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

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

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

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.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

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

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?