Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.
Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.
Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
What does not destroy me, makes me strong.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Above all things, respect yourself.
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!
If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.