There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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.
You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.
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.
