You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

I'm sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn't have time to write a short one.

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.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

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

All thinking men are atheists.

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

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Know thyself.

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.

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.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

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