Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

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

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

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

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

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

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Make today worth remembering.

Be yourself, let you come through.