I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

It's always too early to quit.

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.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

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.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.