People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

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

Listen to many, speak to a few.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

You shape your own destiny.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

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

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

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.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.