It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

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

If you can dream it, you can do it.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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.

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

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

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

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.