It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops at all.
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Our own life has to be our message.
This world is but a canvas for our imagination.
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.
Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul.
You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain – and the whole world is at your feet.