Be happy, but never satisfied.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

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

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

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

The man with no imagination has no wings.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

I am the captain of my soul.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

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