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 crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

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

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.