Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

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

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

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

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

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

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

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

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.