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

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

The best way out is always through.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

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

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

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

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

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.