Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.
I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she will make the same effort, and have the same hope and faith.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
The question isn't who is going to let me. It's who is going to stop me.