For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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

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

Above all things, respect yourself.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Aim for the highest.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

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

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

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

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

When all is said and done, more is said than done.