Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

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.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

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

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

They alone live, who live for others.

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

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.