It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?
When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.