A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.

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.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.

As you think, so shall you become.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.

Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.