When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Never stand begging for what one has the power to earn.

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

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

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

All wealth is the product of labor.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

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

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

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

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