What I stand for is what I stand on.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

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

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

I am the captain of my soul.

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

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

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

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

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