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

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

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

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

I believe that every person is born with talent.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.