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.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

You are never too old to become younger!

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.