A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

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

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

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

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to 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.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain