The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

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.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

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

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

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

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 cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.