When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.
I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
