Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Ideas come from everything

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

One man with courage is a majority.

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

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.