The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

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

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

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

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

They alone live, who live for others.

Ideas come from everything

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

All thinking men are atheists.