Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

The time is always right to do the right thing

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

It always seems impossible until it's done.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

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

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

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

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.