Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

I am the captain of my soul.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

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

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

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

You shape your own destiny.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Aim for the highest.

Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain