As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.