Always do what you are afraid to do.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

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

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

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

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Ideas come from everything

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.