Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

You shape your own destiny.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

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

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

It's always too early to quit.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

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

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

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.