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

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

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

Only when I fall do I get up again.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

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

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

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

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

You got to get it while you can.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

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