Storms make trees take deeper roots.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?
Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.