How long should you try? Until.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

When I give, I give myself.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

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

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.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

There is always room at the top.

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

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

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

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.