There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country..

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.