Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on earth.

A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.

The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people

Nobody can be a success if they don't love their work.

Research: the distance between an idea and its realization.

I walk, speak, and smile with great confidence. However, it's not because I am the greatest person on earth, but because I have learned to appreciate the small and big blessings in my life.

Sow into the gift and talent God has given to you to rip an harvest

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point and does not break.

And I flunked anger management the moment I put the counselor through a stone wall. You might want to keep that in mind. [Thorn]