You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

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

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

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

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

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

There is always room at the top.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.