Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

The leaders have the responsibility to protect and hold in high esteem the law and virtues of the land.

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

An informed parent or caregiver becomes empowered, and empowerment can lead to the best care for our children.

It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.

People suddenly expected less of me and I didn't want that. Not only could I keep up with sighted kids, I could excel. I have an intense competiveness that was always in me.

It's really all about your training. Whatever you train for, you'll be ready for.

I maintain that the maxim is still to be faster than the others.

Take away wilderness and you take away the opportunity to be American.

Muhammad says, 'Love of one's country is a part of the faith.' But don't take that literally! Your real 'country' is where you're heading, not where you are. Don't misread that hadith.