Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

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

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.