“We have one life it soon will be past what we do for God is all that will last.”

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

“Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.”

“Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.”

“Houston, it looks like we got us a Dragon by the tail.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in raising up every time we fail.”