Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Above all things, respect yourself.

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

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

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

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

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

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

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

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

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

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

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

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

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.

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

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.