Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

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

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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

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

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

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.