We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

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

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

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.

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

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

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

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