My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

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

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

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.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Aim for the highest.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.

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.