Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

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.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

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

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

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

Freedom and independence form my character.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.