The past has no power over the present moment.

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.

Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

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

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

May you live every day of your life.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Have you ever noticed how What the hell is always the right decision to make?

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

My mama always used to tell me: If you can't find somethin to live for, you best find something to die for.

Don't measure yourself by what you have done, but rather by what you will do.

He not busy being born, is busy dying.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living an eternity.

Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will. Feel the fear and do it.

Find something you're passionate about and stay tremendously interested in it.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

If you lower your expectations, you limit your disappointment.

Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Change your thoughts and you'll change your world.

Choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.

Somedays, you just have to create your own sunshine.

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.

Sometimes, life hands you a chance. It hands you something amazing, you almost think it's a dream, but no matter how much you pinch yourself, you don't wake up. It's moments like those that make life really worth living, because no matter how hard times get, there are always those miracle moments that lift you back on your feet.

Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.

Aspire to inspire before you expire.

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

To a great mind, nothing is little.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

If the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress?

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

Big things often have small beginnings.

Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.

Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it is inspiring.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Wherever you are in your journey, take some time out to take stock of where you are standing. Then decide if you are willing to do Big Things in order to be where you want to be.