Everything you can imagine is real.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

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

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Above all things, respect yourself.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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

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.

It's always too early to quit.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

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

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.