One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

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.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

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

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

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

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.