Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

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 dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

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.

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

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

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

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

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

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.