The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

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.

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

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

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

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.