Everything you can imagine is real.

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

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

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

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

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

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.

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

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.