Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
We're lost, but we're making good time
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
I believe that every person is born with talent.
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Above all things, respect yourself.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.