What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

They alone live, who live for others.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.