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

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.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

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.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

Be yourself, let you come through.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

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

Listen to many, speak to a few.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

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

Be happy, but never satisfied.