Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Know thyself.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.