When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

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

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

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

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.