People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

Argue not concerning God,re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

You got to get it while you can.

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

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

It's always too early to quit.

I love those who can smile in trouble...

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.