I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

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

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

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.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

All thinking men are atheists.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.