The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
They alone live, who live for others.
You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
Ideas come from everything
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.