Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

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

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

All wealth is the product of labor.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

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

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Aim for the highest.