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

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

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.

We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

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

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.