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

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

If you can dream it, you can do it.

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

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

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

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

All thinking men are atheists.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

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

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.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

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

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.