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

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

There is always room at the top.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

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

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

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

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

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

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

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

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

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

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