Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...
To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.
