I believe that every person is born with talent.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

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

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

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

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

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.