The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

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

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

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

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.