People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

I am the captain of my soul.

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

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

I am the lizard king. I can do anything.

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.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

You shape your own destiny.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

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

Only when I fall do I get up again.

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

Whatever you are, be a good one.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.