It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

One man with courage is a majority.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

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

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.