What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

You are never too old to become younger!

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

United we stand; divided we fall.