It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

All thinking men are atheists.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

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

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.