I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
I believe that every person is born with talent.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.
If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.