Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

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

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

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.