Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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.
I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
There is always room at the top.
Make today worth remembering.
Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.