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

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

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

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.