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

Be yourself, let you come through.

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

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

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

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

All thinking men are atheists.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

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

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.