Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

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

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

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.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

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

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