Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
I believe that every person is born with talent.
I love those who can smile in trouble...
I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
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.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!