Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

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

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

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

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.