The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

It's always too early to quit.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

Know thyself.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

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

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.