A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
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.
Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul
I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
I love those who can smile in trouble...
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.