Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

Be yourself, let you come through.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

When I give, I give myself.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

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

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.