No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.
We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Make today worth remembering.
You have to make the rules, not follow them.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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.
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.
Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?
Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.