Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

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

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

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.