Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

There is always room at the top.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

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

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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

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

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

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

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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.