Mark Hopkins

"The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"In life, we are what our thoughts have made us; take care that your thoughts are of the right character, to shape a life of virtue and purpose."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision that you can do something, you can do it."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"A man is not finished when he is defeated; he is finished when he quits."

"The foundation of every nation is the education of its youth."

"There is no education like adversity."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

"What we think, we become."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."