The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.