A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

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

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

You are never too old to become younger!

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.