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

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

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

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

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

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

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

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

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.