When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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

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

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

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.