I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
You are never too old to become younger!
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
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.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Ideas come from everything
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on