Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

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

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

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

All wealth is the product of labor.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

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

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

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