Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

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

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

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.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

We're lost, but we're making good time

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

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

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

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

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.