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

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

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

I am the captain of my soul.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

The time is always right to do the right thing

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

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

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

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

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.