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

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

You shape your own destiny.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

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

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.