When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

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

He that can have patience can have what he will.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Freedom and independence form my character.

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?

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

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

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

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

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.