Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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.
Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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.
I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
How long should you try? Until.
Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
They alone live, who live for others.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.