You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

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.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

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

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

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

When I give, I give myself.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.