Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire
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.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes
To go too far is as bad as to fall short.
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 a thing done well, do it yourself.
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.