Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

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

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.