Great men exist that there may be greater men. 

Imitation is suicide.

Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. 

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

Our greatest strength lies not in never having fallen, but in rising every time we fall.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

We become what we think about all day long.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

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

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.

Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

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

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.