Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

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

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

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.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

When I give, I give myself.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.