Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

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

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Freedom and independence form my character.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

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

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.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.

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

What I stand for is what I stand on.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

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

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.