I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

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

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

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

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

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

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