Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

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

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

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

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.