I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.
You have to make the rules, not follow them.
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.
I love those who can smile in trouble...
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
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.
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.
