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.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

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

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

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.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

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

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.