You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.
Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.
To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.