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

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

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

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

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

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

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

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

Make today worth remembering.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.