Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

You shape your own destiny.

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

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

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

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

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.