Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

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

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

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

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

How long should you try? Until.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

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

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.