It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style