Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

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.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

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

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.