Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

United we stand; divided we fall.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

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

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

I am the lizard king. I can do anything.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

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