Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

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

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.