There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

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

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Be yourself, let you come through.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.