The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

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

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

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

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.