If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

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

When I give, I give myself.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

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

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.