Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space has ceased.

Childhood is a short season.

The formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom that springs from the soul.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends on the fate of all.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

The sun, the earth, love, friends, and our very breath are parts of the banquet.

Tears of joy are like the summer raindrops pierced by sunbeams.

I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.