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.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Aim for the highest.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

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

Everything you can imagine is real.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.