You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
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.
We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.
Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.
I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.
A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
