My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

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.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

One man with courage is a majority.

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

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

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

Make today worth remembering.

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.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

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