The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

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

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

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

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

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

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

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