I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

They alone live, who live for others.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.