A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

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

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

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

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.