When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

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

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.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

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

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

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.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

When I give, I give myself.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.