
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.

To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

Dreams are necessary to life.

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.