Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
What does not destroy me, makes me strong.
Only when I fall do I get up again.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
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.
Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.
If you can't you must, and if you must you can.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.