Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

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

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

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.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

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

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

All thinking men are atheists.

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

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.