Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.