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

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

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

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.