Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
All wealth is the product of labor.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
I love those who can smile in trouble...
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.
Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....
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.