Be yourself, let you come through.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Make today worth remembering.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

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

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.