There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

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

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...

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

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.