We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

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

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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?

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

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

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

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

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

I am the captain of my soul.

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.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

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

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.