I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Everything you can imagine is real.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

All thinking men are atheists.

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.