To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

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

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.