I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.