We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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

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

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

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.