Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

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

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

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.

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

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

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

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