Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Above all things, respect yourself.

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.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.