Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

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 are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

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

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

How long should you try? Until.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.