If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

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

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

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

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

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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?

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.