All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

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

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

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

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.