The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

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

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

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