There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

You got to get it while you can.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

The best way out is always through.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

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.