We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

He that can have patience can have what he will.

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

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

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

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.