I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

The time is always right to do the right thing

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

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.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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