The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Only when I fall do I get up again.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

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

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

Make today worth remembering.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.