He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

We're lost, but we're making good time

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

They alone live, who live for others.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

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

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.