Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Know thyself.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

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.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

Everything you can imagine is real.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.