A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

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

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

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

There is always room at the top.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

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

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.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.