When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

Aim for the highest.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

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

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

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

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

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

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

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.