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

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

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

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

You shape your own destiny.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Freedom and independence form my character.

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.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

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

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.