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

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

The best way out is always through.

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

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

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

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.