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

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

I am the captain of my soul.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

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.

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

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

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

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