Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

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

Make today worth remembering.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

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

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

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

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

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

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.