“Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.”

“Dreams and actions are not so different as usually thought, as all actions of men are founded upon dreams, and their end - is a dream too.”

“Humility, that low, sweet root From which all heavenly virtues shoot.”

“Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.”

“We cannot wait for the storm to pass over - we must learn to dance in the rain.”

“If you are content with the best you have done, you will never become the best you can be.”

“There is not enough darkness in the world to extinguish a single candle flame.”

“Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.”

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”

“Don't tell us the sky is the limit when there are footsteps on the moon.”

“Power is the ability to do good things for others.”

“One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.”

“Direction, not intention, determines destination.”

“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”

“Remember the things in life that are free to each of us—our family, our friends, our soul, our hopes, our dreams, and our knowledge—are the most important.”

“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.”

“Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.”

“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”

“Do not be conquered by fear of loss or defeat, for without them, success and victory would be meaningless.”

“Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.”

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

“Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.”

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.”

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”

“Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”

“To keep from getting too far ahead of myself, I can apply to life what I've learned from running in the woods: The step in front of you is the most important one.”

“Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise - then you will discover the fullness of your life.”