It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

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.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

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

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

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

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

I am the captain of my soul.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.