Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
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.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.
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.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.
All wealth is the product of labor.
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
