I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

The time is always right to do the right thing

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Freedom and independence form my character.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?