The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

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

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

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

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

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

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul