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

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

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

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

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

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

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

If you can dream it, you can do it.