We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

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

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.