We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

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.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

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.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

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

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

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

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.