It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. 
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage
and true progress.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or impossible to execute.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?
People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.