Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

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

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

You got to get it while you can.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

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